VELAZQUEZ v. NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES

Nos. 88-2696, 88-2697.

884 F.2d 492 (1989)

Raymon VELAZQUEZ, et al., Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellant, v. DAY & ZIMMERMAN, INC., Defendant-Appellee. Raymon VELAZQUEZ, et al., Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellee, v. DAY & ZIMMERMAN, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey H.K. Sia, Gail M. Kang, Libkuman, Ventura, Ayabe, Chong & Nishimoto, Honolulu, Hawaii, for National Presto Industries, defendant-appellant-cross-appellee.

Paula Devens, Paul Devens, Ikazaki, Devens, Lo, Youth & Nakano, Honolulu, Hawaii, Norman C. Russell, Atchley, Russell, Waldrop & Hlavinka, Texarkana, Tex., for Day & Zimmerman, Inc., defendant-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, HUG, and TANG, Circuit Judges.


HUG, Circuit Judge:

I.

These cross-appeals involve an award of contribution between two defendants to a personal injury damage action. We must review the relevant factual findings by the district court and apply to the facts Hawaii's Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act (the "UCATA"), Haw.Rev.Stat. §§ 663-11 to -17 (1985 & Supp.1988). The district court had jurisdiction over this case under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1982) (diversity). Our...

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