WILLIAMS v. GOULD, INC.

Nos. 87-703, 87-704 and 87-705.

443 N.W.2d 577 (1989)

232 Neb. 862

Mozella WILLIAMS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Vergil Williams, Deceased, Appellant, v. GOULD, INC., et al., Appellees, Sidney Lerner, M.D., Appellee and Cross-Appellant. Tyree BIGGS, Sr., Appellant, v. GOULD, INC., et al., Appellees, Sidney Lerner, M.D., Appellee and Cross-Appellant. Ulysses ABBOTT, Appellant, v. GOULD, INC., et al., Appellees, Sidney Lerner, M.D., Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

July 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin A. Cannon, of Matthews & Cannon, P.C., Omaha, and Eugene Mattioni, of Mattioni, Mattioni & Mattioni, Ltd., for appellants.

William M. Lamson, Jr., and Patricia A. Zieg, of Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy & Svoboda, Omaha, for appellee Lerner.

BOSLAUGH, WHITE, CAPORALE, SHANAHAN, and FAHRNBRUCH, JJ., and RIST, District Judge, and COLWELL, District Judge, Retired.


SHANAHAN, Justice.

The appellants, Tyree Biggs, Sr., Ulysses Abbott, and Mozella Williams, who is the surviving spouse and personal representative of the estate of Vergil Williams, filed their separate actions in the district court for Douglas County, Nebraska, against Gould, Inc., Robert J. Fitzgibbons, Sr., M.D., and Sidney Lerner, M.D., concerning bodily injuries caused by exposure to lead, cadmium, and arsenic at Gould's smelter in Omaha.

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