OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP. v. WASIAK

No. 03-94-00079-CV.

917 S.W.2d 883 (1996)

OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Barbara WASIAK; Tyler Turner Boulo, as Personal Representative of the Heirs and Estate of Stanley Wasiak, Deceased; James Edwin Wingate, Sr. and Jean Wingate; Homer Clifton Brownlee, Sr. and Alma Brownlee; and Martha Barnes, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Heirs and Estate of James Albert Barnes, Deceased, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled April 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin F. Risley, Gilpin, Paxson & Bersch, L.L.P., Houston, for appellant.

Brent M. Rosenthal, Janice Robinson, Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, for appellee.

Before POWERS, ABOUSSIE and KIDD, JJ.


POWERS, Justice.

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation appeals from a judgment for compensatory and punitive damages recovered by appellees after a jury trial. We will affirm the trialcourt judgment.

THE CONTROVERSY

The appeal involves four actions for wrongful death, personal injury, and loss of consortium resulting from unrelated incidents of exposure to "Kaylo," an asbestos-containing insulation product manufactured by Owens-Corning.

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