WHITE v. CELOTEX CORP.

No. 87-2196.

878 F.2d 144 (1989)

Maurice WHITE; Gladys White; Clifton Hood; John Wilfer; Joan Wilfer; Ernest; Grace Petticrew; Frederick Paff; Gloria Paff; Harry Vaughn, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CELOTEX CORPORATION; GAF Corporation; Keene Corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and Johns-Manville Corporation; Johns-Manville Sales Corporation; Johns-Manville Products Corporation; Owens-Illinois Glass Company; Unarco Industries, Inc.; Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.; Armstrong Cork Company; Nicolet Industries, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonio Douglas Pyle (Henderson & Goldberg, P.C., James J. Fabian, Pfeifer & Fabian, on brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

F. Ford Loker (Andrew M. McDonald (Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before RUSSELL, HALL and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is a consolidated appeal by six insulation workers and their wives from a judgment of the district court in favor of the appellees, manufacturers and suppliers of asbestos-containing insulation products. After the jury was dismissed, appellants moved for a new trial on the grounds that the jury's response to the interrogatories submitted to it was inconsistent, illogical, and against the weight of evidence presented at trial. The district court denied...

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