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BECHT v. OWENS CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP.

No. 98-5387.

196 F.3d 650 (1999)

Ann BECHT, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Donald Becht, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OWENS CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant, Owens-Illinois Glass Company; W.R. Grace and Company, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 12, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Sales (argued and briefed), Joseph D. Satterley (briefed), Segal, Sales, Stewart, Cutler & Tillman, Louisville, Kentucky, Marc P. Weingarten (briefed), Greitzer & Locks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

John L. Dotson (argued and briefed), Donald K. Brown, Jr. (briefed), Eric A. Paine (briefed), James P. Grohman, O'Bryan, Brown & Toner, Louisville, Kentucky, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: KRUPANSKY, RYAN, and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, appeals the district court's denial of its motion for judgment as a matter of law in this asbestos-related injury case. A jury found in favor of Ann Becht, the plaintiff, and allocated 40% of the total liability to Owens-Corning. The defendant argues here, as it did in the trial court, that it is immune from tort liability under the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Act because...

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