Legal Opinion
Krivanek v. Fibreboard Corp.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided December 13, 1993No. 29484-9-IPublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWebster, C.J.
Carol Krivanek appeals a judgment for damages. She claims that based on the evidence presented at trial, the jury's damage award was inadequate, and the trial court abused its discretion in denying her motion for a new trial. Owens-Coming Fiberglas (OCF) assigns error to the court's failure to give OCF's proposed instructions to the jury that it could consider the asbestos industry's customs and technological feasibility evidence.
Facts
Ben Krivanek began working at the. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) in March 1953. He married Mrs. Krivanek in 1963; the couple have eight children. In June…
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