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DYKES v. RAYMARK INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 84-5606.

801 F.2d 810 (1986)

Helen K. DYKES, Individually and Widow for the Use and Benefit of Her and Next of Kin of Eulis S. Dykes, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RAYMARK INDUSTRIES, INC., Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, W.R. Grace Co., Defendants. National Gypsum Company, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 15, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erma G. Greenwood (Lead), John T. Buckingham, Kramer, Johnson, Rayson, McVeigh & Leake, Knoxville, Tenn., Lawrence T. Hoyle, Jr. argued, Hoyle, Morris & Kerr, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant-appellant.

Michael Y. Rowland argued, Rowland & Rowland, Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ENGEL and KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judges; and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 3, 1986.

ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

National Gypsum Company appeals a judgment entered against it after a jury awarded plaintiffs $300,000.00 in compensatory damages and $200,000.00 in punitive damages for injuries suffered by Mr. Eulis Dykes from exposure to asbestos-containing products while on the job. Jurisdiction is premised upon diversity of citizenship and Tennessee law controls. Eulis and Helen Dykes, husband...

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