IN RE HAWAII FEDERAL ASBESTOS CASES

Nos. 89-15313, 89-15315, 89-15319, 89-16599 and 89-16637.

960 F.2d 806 (1992)

In re HAWAII FEDERAL ASBESTOS CASES. (Four Cases) David K. KAIU; Lillian M. Kaiu, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RAYMARK INDUSTRIES, INC., a corporation, formerly known as Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., et al., Defendants, and Fibreboard Corporation, formerly known as Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Antonia Beatrix SAWYER, individually and as Special Administratrix of the Estate of Stephen Charles Sawyer, deceased and as Guardian Ad Litem for Andrew John Sawyer, Corrina Antonia Sawyer, and Margaret Ann Sawyer, all minor children, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RAYMARK INDUSTRIES, INC., a corporation, formerly known as Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., et al., Defendants, and Fibreboard Corporation, formerly known as Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Toledo MONDEREN; Maria L. Monderen, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RAYMARK INDUSTRIES, INC., a corporation, formerly known as Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., et al., and Fibreboard Corporation, formerly known as Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Ted MINA, Personal Representative for the Estate of Mariano Gamurot, deceased; Domingo Del Rosario; Alice C. Digos, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FIBREBOARD CORPORATION, formerly known as Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation; a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellant, and Raymark Industries, Inc., a corporation, formerly known as Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., et al., Defendant. Ted MINA, Personal Representative for the Estate of Mariano Gamurot, deceased; Domingo Del Rosario; Alice C. Digos, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RAYMARK INDUSTRIES, INC., a corporation, formerly known as Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., et al., Defendant, and Owens-Illinois, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Cumming, Jr., Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., Jerold T. Matayoshi, Greeley, Walker & Kowen, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellants.

L. Richard DeRobertis, Gary O. Galiher, Galiher DeRobertis, Law Corp., Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: SCHROEDER, FLETCHER and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges.


FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated appeals arise from judgments based on jury verdicts entered in the plaintiffs' favor in four of the hundreds of asbestos product liability actions pending in the district court in coordinated proceedings. The cases now on appeal were brought by or on behalf of individuals who were exposed to asbestos dust while serving in the United States Navy, and who suffered asbestosis or cancer...

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