FISHER v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORP.

No. 87-1801.

868 F.2d 1175 (1989)

Charles Frederick FISHER and Billie Jean Fisher, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPORATION, Fibreboard Corporation, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh-Corning Corporation, Celotex Corporation, GAF Corporation, Nicolet Industries, Inc., Keene Corporation, and Owens-Illinois Corporation, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark H. Iola, of Ungerman, Conner & Little, Tulsa, Okl., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mort Welch (Noma D. Gurich and Murray E. Abowitz with him on the brief), of Abowitz & Welch, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants-appellees.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge, and BROWN, Senior District Judge.


WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.

This is an appeal from an order granting the defendants' motion to dismiss. The motion was granted on the grounds that a release signed by the plaintiff barred the plaintiff's claim. The district court, applying Oklahoma law, rejected plaintiff's argument that the release should be set aside due to a mutual mistake of fact. We affirm.

As an initial matter, plaintiff-appellant argues that it was improper for the district...

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