WATERS v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

Nos. 84-4348, 84-4349.

773 F.2d 248 (1985)

Gloria WATERS, surviving widow of Ross Greenwood Waters, Jr.; David Waters; Terri Thompson; and Dennis Waters, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.; Celotex Corporation; Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.; Fibreboard Corporation; Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc.; Nicolet Industries, Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; GAF Corporation; Raymark Corporation; Standard Insulating Company; Turner & Newall PLC, Defendants-Appellees. Mary G. ADAMS, surviving widow of Frank Herbert Adams; Frankie Adams; and Fred M. Adams, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.; Celotex Corporation; Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.; Fibreboard Corporation; Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc.; Johns-Manville Sales Corporation; Nicolet Industries, Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; GAF Corporation; Standard Abestos Manufacturing & Insulating Company; Unarco Industries, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Adams, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Marlin Thompson, Paul D. Henderson, Stephenson & Thompson, Orange, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Christopher Burke, Clemons, Cosho & Humphrey, Boise, Idaho, Gabriel A. Jackson, John R. Wallace, Winningham, Roberts, Rogie & Fama, San Francisco, Cal., N. Randy Smith, Quane, Smith, Howard & Hull, Boise, Idaho, for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT, PREGERSON, and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents legal questions relating to Idaho's statute of limitations governing personal injury and wrongful death actions. Appellants Gloria A. Waters, David Waters, Dennis Waters, and Teri Thompson (hereinafter "the Waters family") appeal from the district court's award of summary judgment against them and in favor of appellees Armstrong World Industries, Inc., et al. (hereinafter "Armstrong"), based on the running...

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