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SCHUDEL v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

Nos. 95-35092, 95-35145.

120 F.3d 991 (1997)

David SCHUDEL, et al., Plaintiffs, and Deborah Guaragna-Williams, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., a foreign corporation; Kaiser Aluminum And Chemical Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellants. David SCHUDEL; Daniel Glass; Merlin E. Carlson; Timothy Schudel; Sandra Schudel, husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof; Kathrene Rae Howell; Craig A. Thompson; John Hopkins; Ruth Hopkins, husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., a foreign corporation; Kaiser Aluminum And Chemical Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe G. Hollingsworth, Donald W. Fowler and Katharine R. Latimer, Spriggs & Hollingsworth, Washington, DC, and James B. King, Keefe, King & Bowman, Spokane, WA, for defendants-appellants-cross-appellees.

Craig F. Schauermann, Schauermann & Thayer, Vancouver, WA, and Marcia M. Meade, Dawson & Meade, Spokane, WA, for plaintiffs-cross-appellants David Schudel, Timothy Schudel, Daniel Glass, Sandra Schudel, Merlin Carlson, Kathrene Howell, and Craig Thompson.

Thomas C. Phelan, Vancouver, WA, for plaintiffs-cross-appellants John and Ruth Hopkins.

Craig F. Schauermann, William K. Thayer, and David I. Gedrose, Schauermann & Thayer, Vancouver, WA, for plaintiff-appellee Deborah Guaragna-Williams.

Kit A. Pierson, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae.

Before BROWNING, D.W. NELSON, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

JAMES R. BROWNING, Circuit Judge:

This diversity case involves claims for damages from negligence and loss of consortium against defendants General Electric Company and Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation. Kaiser contracted with General Electric to clean up polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at Kaiser's Trentwood facility in Spokane, Washington. Nine of the ten plaintiffs were employed by General Electric on the cleanup.1 These plaintiffs...

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