INGRAM v. ACANDS, INC.

Nos. 91-35117, 91-35216, 91-35330, 91-35331 and 91-35497.

977 F.2d 1332 (1992)

Bert E. INGRAM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ACANDS, INC.; Fibreboard Corp., Defendants, and Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendant-Appellant. Beulah M. BECKER, Personal Representative of the Estate of Alfred E. Becker, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., Defendant-Appellant. Beulah M. BECKER, Personal Representative of the Estate of Alfred E. Becker, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., Defendant-Appellee. Bert E. INGRAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ACANDS, INC.; Fibreboard Corp., Defendants, and Owens-Illinois, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Bert E. INGRAM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ACANDS, INC., a Pennsylvania Corporation, et al., Defendant, and Fibreboard Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Udziela, Pozzi, Wilson, Atchison, O'Leary & Conboy, Portland, Or., for plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants.

Larry C. Lowe, Morgenstein & Jubelirer, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee.

Thomas M. Peterson, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee.

Before: GOODWIN, TANG and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Bert E. Ingram, a former insulator who suffered from asbestosis, and Beulah M. Becker, surviving wife of Alfred E. Becker who allegedly died from the effects of asbestosis, sued a number of asbestos manufacturers. Both Ingram and Becker included Owens-Illinois ("O-I") as a defendant in their respective lawsuits. Ingram also sued Fibreboard Corporation. Juries in the two cases1 returned verdicts in favor...

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