JENKINS v. WHITTAKER CORP.

Nos. 84-2012, 84-2084.

785 F.2d 720 (1986)

Perry D. JENKINS, Annabelle Jenkins, and Stuart A. Kaneko as Special Administrator of the Estate of Jeffrey Scott Jenkins, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. WHITTAKER CORPORATION, d/b/a Bermite Corporation, a division of Whittaker Corporation, a California corporation, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Thomas, Jr., Cronin, Fried, Sekiya & Kekina, Honolulu, Hawaii, Allan S. Haley, Nevada City, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants.

Burnham H. Greeley, Carlsmith, Carlsmith, Wichman & Case, Honolulu, Hawaii, Ronald M. Greenberg, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee.

Before TANG and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.


WIGGINS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Whittaker Corporation ("Whittaker") appeals a judgment of $300,000 against it following a jury verdict in a wrongful death action by the parents and the administrator of the estate of decedent Jeffrey Scott Jenkins (collectively "plaintiffs"). Whittaker alleges the district court erred in various jurisdictional, choice of law, evidentiary, and substantive rulings. Plaintiffs cross-appeal the district court's denial of their motion...

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