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WILLIS v. RAYMARK INDUSTRIES, INC.

Nos. 89-1704 to 89-1706.

905 F.2d 793 (1990)

Daniel A. WILLIS; Carolyn W. Willis; Herman L. Mensing, Jr.; Frances K. Mensing; Vincent H. Lewis; Ruby B. Lewis; Elwood F. Hamlet; Lois D. Hamlet, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Richard L. Taylor; Mary S. Taylor; William F. Cobb; Lillie P. Cobb; Roy B. Bass; Susan R. Bass, Plaintiffs, v. RAYMARK INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellant, and Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation; The Celotex Corporation; Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; GAF Corporation; Keene Corporation; Standard Insulations, Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; H.K. Porter Company, Inc.; Fibreboard Corporation; Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc.; Combustion Engineering, Inc.; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Defendants. Daniel A. WILLIS; Carolyn W. Willis; Herman L. Mensing, Jr.; Frances K. Mensing; Vincent H. Lewis; Ruby B. Lewis; Elwood F. Hamlet; Lois D. Hamlet, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Richard L. Taylor; Mary S. Taylor; William F. Cobb; Lillie P. Cobb; Roy B. Bass; Susan R. Bass, Plaintiffs, v. The CELOTEX CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant, and Raymark Industries, Inc.; Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation; Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; GAF Corporation; Keene Corporation; Standard Insulations, Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; H.K. Porter Company, Inc.; Fibreboard Corporation; Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc.; Combustion Engineering, Inc.; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Defendants. Richard L. TAYLOR; Roy B. Bass, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Daniel A. Willis; Carolyn W. Willis; Herman L. Mensing, Jr.; Vincent H. Lewis; Ruby B. Lewis; Elwood F. Hamlet; Lois D. Hamlet; Mary S. Taylor; William F. Cobb; Lillie P. Cobb; Susan R. Bass; Frances K. Mensing, Plaintiffs, v. RAYMARK INDUSTRIES, INC.; The Celotex Corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation; Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; GAF Corporation; Keene Corporation; Standard Insulations, Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; H.K. Porter Company, Inc.; Fibreboard Corporation; Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc.; Combustion Engineering, Inc.; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Charles Bowen, Willcox & Savage, P.C. (Bruce T. Bishop and Stephen R. Jackson, on brief), Norfolk, Va., for defendants-appellants.

Brent Marcus Rosenthal, Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, Tex. (Jonathon A. Smith-George, Patten, Wornom & Watkins, Newport News, Va., on brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before POWELL, Associate Justice (Retired), United States Supreme Court, sitting by designation, and RUSSELL and HALL, Circuit Judges.

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

The Celotex Corporation appeals from judgments entered after a jury trial in favor of four former insulation workers and their wives1 on their claims for asbestos-related injuries. Two other plaintiffs, Roy B. Bass and Richard L. Taylor, cross-appeal from the district court's denial of their motions for new trials after judgment was entered on jury verdicts against them. Finding no error, we affirm.

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