Howard Eugene GIDEON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION, et al., Defendants,
Raymark Industries, Inc., Keene Corporation, Standard Insulations, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 3, 1985.
June 3, 1985.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Butler & Binion, Elizabeth M. Thompson, Houston, Tex., for Raymark Industries.
Mehaffy, Weber, Keith & Gonsoulin, O.J. Weber, Sandra F. Clark, Beaumont, Tex., for Keene Corp. & Standard Insulations, Inc.
Weller, Wheelus & Green, George A. Weller, David L. Tolin, Beaumont, Tex., for Fibreboard Corp.
Bean & Manning, Andrew McKinney, Frank Bean, Houston, Tex., for Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.
Baker & Botts, F. Walter Conrad, Susan Roehm, Houston, Tex., for Gaf Corp.
Wellborn, Houston, Perry & Adkinson, Rex Houston, Paul L. Sadler, Henderson, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.
Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
This suit for personal injuries allegedly caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibers is one of 25,0001 pending in federal and state courts. After a ten-day trial, the jury returned a verdict against seven of the seventeen defendants originally named and fixed the compensatory damages at $500,100. The judge reduced the amount of the judgment to reflect the effect of the settlement that the plaintiffs had...
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