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CHRISTOPHERSEN v. ALLIED-SIGNAL CORP.

No. 89-1995 Summary Calendar.

902 F.2d 362 (1990)

Rosemarie CHRISTOPHERSEN, Surviving Spouse of Albert Roy Christophersen, deceased and Steven Roy Christophersen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALLIED-SIGNAL CORPORATION, Inco Alloys International, Inc., United Catalysts, Inc., the Hall Chemical Company, Marathon Manufacturing Company, and CP Chemicals, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 4, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Colley, Jr., Law Offices of Paul Colley, Jr., Tyler, Tex., for Christophersen, et al.

Steve Schoettmer, P. Jefferson Ballew, Thompson & Knight, Dallas, Tex., for Allied-Signal, Inc.

Marc A. Sheiness, Hirsch, Glover, Robinson & Sheiness, Houston, Tex., for Inco Alloys Intern., Inc.

Pat Beard, Beard & Kultgen, Waco, Tex., for United Catalysts, Inc.

R. Brent Cooper, Stan Thiebaud, Cowles & Thompson, Dallas, Tex., for Hall Chemical Co.

Clifton T. Hutchison, Hughes & Luce, Dallas, Tex., for Marathon Mfg.

Jeff Kinsel, Elizabeth S. Miller, Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee, Waco, Tex., for CP Chemicals, Inc.

Before REAVLEY, KING and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

On motion for summary judgment, the district court determined that the opinion of plaintiffs' expert witness should be excluded because it was unreliable. The exclusion of this evidence left plaintiffs without any support in the record for their contention that Albert Roy Christophersen's exposure to nickel and cadmium caused the cancer that resulted in his death. For that reason the court granted the defendants' summary judgment motion. Rosemarie...

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