HACKETT v. JOHN CRANE, INC.

Nos. A092213, A093411.

120 Cal.Rptr.2d 662 (2002)

98 Cal.App.4th 1233

Shirley HACKETT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOHN CRANE, INC., Defendant and Appellant. Shirley Hackett, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. John Crane, Inc., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing June 26, 2002.

Review Denied September 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Upham Smith, Los Angeles, Wartnick, Chaber, Harowitz & Tigerman, Harry F. Wartnick, Stephen M. Tigerman, San Francisco, for Plaintiffs and Appellants, Mark Lewis et al.

Hassard Bonnington LLP, Philip S. Ward, San Francisco, Helene E. Swanson, Attorney, for Defendant and Appellant John Crane, Inc.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

MARGULIES, J.

A jury awarded plaintiffs Mark Lewis and his wife, Shirley Hackett, $2.3 million in damages arising from Lewis's shipyard exposure to asbestos products manufactured by John Crane, Inc. (Crane).1 Crane seeks reversal of the judgment, contending that it resulted from jury misconduct, prejudicial errors in the admission of evidence, and an improper special...

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