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SMITH v. GULF OIL CO.

Nos. 91-3034, 91-3036, 91-3040 and 91-3077.

995 F.2d 638 (1993)

Harry SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULF OIL COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Joseph CARBONE, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, et al. (91-3036), Defendants-Appellees, Pope & Talbot, Incorporated (91-3077), Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, Harry SMITH v. GULF OIL, et al. Ashton H. REEVES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN EXPORT ISBRANDSTEN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard C. Jaques (argued and briefed), Jaques Admiralty Law Firm, Detroit, MI, for Harry Smith, Joseph Carbone and Ashton H. Reeves.

Harold W. Henderson (argued and briefed), Richard C. Binzley, Thomas O. Murphy, Russell W. Gray, Thomas A. Heffernan, Pamela Zarlingo, and Byron J. Horn, Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, OH, for Gulf Oil Co., et al., and American President Lines, Ltd.

Ronald D. Holman, II and William T. Smith (briefed), Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Cleveland, OH, for Texaco, Inc., amicus curiae.

Thomas O. Murphy, Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, OH, for Matson Navigation Co., Inc.

Matthew C. O'Connell (briefed), Reminger & Reminger, Cleveland, OH, for Pope & Talbot, Inc.

Harold W. Henderson (argued and briefed), Richard C. Binzley, Thomas O. Murphy, Russell W. Gray, Thomas A. Heffernan, Pamela Zarlingo, Byron J. Horn, Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, OH, Kent D. Riesen, Kitch, Saurbier, Drutchas, Wagner & Ken, and John C. Stewart, Bunda, Stutz & DeWitt, Toledo, OH, for American Export Isbrandsten, et al.

Before: JONES and MILBURN, Circuit Judges; and ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.

ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Harry Smith, Joseph Carbone and Ashton H. Reeves appeal from a special jury verdict finding that they did not suffer from an asbestos-related disease, the result of which was to hold defendant shipowners free of liability under the Jones Act and general principles of maritime law. Plaintiffs claim two errors on appeal. First, they maintain that the district court erred by foreclosing any argument at trial that the defendant...

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