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HUGHES v. FOSTER WHEELER CO.

No. S-6928.

932 P.2d 784 (1997)

John R. HUGHES, Bland L. Castano, Erling O. Tronnes, Floyd King, Harry Divestein, Carsten Hjelle, Eddie T. Overton, Robert L. Reynolds, Robert P. Bergh, Samuel Derikrava, Roque P. Navarro, Zenon J. Pinto, Andrew S. Marshall, Ruben Guerra, Feliciano Salcido, Creighton E. Miller, Administrator of the Estates of Pok Tung Lee, William O. Anderson, Allan F. Berlund, Warren J. Henry, Edward T. Kusman, Peter J. Corvia, Leroy L. Mobley, James I. Payne, Robert Cranston, Malcolm Rogers, Lloyd Borland, Lucius McCall, James M. Goo, Alfred W. Franklin, and Frank W. Barber, Appellants, v. FOSTER WHEELER CO., Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc., Garlock, Inc., ACandS, Inc., Mobil Oil Corp., Phillips Petroleum Co., Gatke Corp., Pope & Talbot Co., General Electric Co., Fibreboard Corp., Plibrico Co., Tidewater Oil Co., Texaco Inc., John Cranehoudaille, Inc., United States Steel Corp. a/k/a USX Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Anchor Packing Co., Alaska Steamship Co., and the So-Called "CCR Defendants": A.P. Green Refractories Co., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Certainteed Corp., Flexitallic, Inc., GAF Corp., National Gypsum Co., U.S. Gypsum Co., and Union Carbide Corp., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard C. Jaques and Robert J. Allen, The Maritime Asbestosis Legal Clinic, A Division of the Jaques Admiralty Law Firm, Detroit, MI, for Appellants.

Jennifer M. Coughlin, Preston, Gates & Ellis, Anchorage, Jean L. Bertrand, Morgenstein & Jubelirer, San Francisco, CA, Roger Holmes, Biss & Holmes, Anchorage, and Thomas M. Peterson and Michael B. Green, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, CA, for Appellees.

Before COMPTON, C.J., and RABINOWITZ and FABE, JJ.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Thirty merchant mariners filed complaints against various shipowners and asbestos manufacturers alleging personal injuries and wrongful deaths caused by exposure to asbestos while they served aboard various vessels. The cases were dismissed on grounds of forum non conveniens. This is an appeal from the superior court's award of attorney's fees and costs under Alaska Civil Rule 82...

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