Legal Opinion
James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendants
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1984No. 82-4288PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Chief Judge:
Johns-Manville Sales Corporation (Johns-Manville) and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. appeal a jury verdict awarding actual and punitive damages to James Jackson, a former shipyard worker, in a strict liability action for injuries allegedly caused by the defendants’ failures to warn of the hazards of exposure to their asbestos products. Finding that the trial court ruled correctly on Jackson’s entitlement to a strict liability cause of action but erred in admitting evidence of the mere possibility of Jackson’s developing cancer and in allowing punitive damages in this strict…
2Cases cited81 opinions
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- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by90 opinions
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- Bloxom v. BloxomSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
- Benjamin H. Blackston, Wilmer L. Ring, John N. Turner, James N. Tanksley and Foster G. Hickox v. Shook and Fletcher Insulation Co., Ac & S, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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