RANEY v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

No. 384, Docket 88-9099.

897 F.2d 94 (1990)

Edna RANEY, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of William Raney, Sr., Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., The Celotex Corporation, and Raymark Industries, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, The Anchor Packing Company, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew T. Berry, Newark, N.J. (McCarter & English, Newark, N.Y., on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

John A. Collins, Buffalo, N.Y. (Richard P. Weisbeck, Jr., Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Schuller & James, Buffalo, N.Y., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KAUFMAN, NEWMAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

The issue in this diversity case involving the death of an asbestos worker is whether the evidence sufficed to permit the jury to conclude that the absence of warnings concerning the hazards of asbestos was a proximate cause of the decedent's injuries and death. Owens-Illinois, Inc., The Celotex Corporation, and Raymark Industries, Inc. appeal from the October 24, 1988, judgment of the District...

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