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JOHNSON v. RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC.

No. 11516.

740 P.2d 548 (1987)

Anita S. JOHNSON, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Ray A. Johnson, Deceased, Constance Shaw, Patricia Foster and Barbara Fayle, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., etc., Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

July 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Richard DeRobertis (Gary O. Galiher with him on the briefs), Gary Galiher & Associates, Honolulu, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Paula Devens (Paul Devens with her on the brief), Ikazaki, Devens, Lo, Youth & Nakano, Honolulu, for defendant-appellee Raymark Industries, Inc., Successor to Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.

Before LUM, C.J., and NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKASUKI, JJ.

WAKATSUKI, Justice.

Plaintiffs-appellants brought suit in federal district court against numerous manufacturers of asbestos products seeking damages resulting from the illness and death of Ray A. Johnson allegedly due to asbestos exposure at his workplace. Their complaint included a strict liability cause of action based on the asbestos products being dangerously defective and for defendants' failure to warn of the danger. Appellants' motion in limine to exclude all...

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