Riggs v. Asbestos Corporation Limited

Opinion

DAVIS, Judge:

T1 Micah Riggs, on behalf of his mother-in-law, the decedent Vickie Warren, 1 appeals the trial court's decision that the Comparative Negligence Act (CNA), and therefore joint and several liability, did not apply in this case. Defendant Union Carbide Corporation eross-appeals, arguing that its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was wrongly denied because the raw material supplier rule shields Union Carbide from liability under the facts of this case. Aiterna-tively, Union Carbide argues in its cross-appeal that there was insufficient evidence to support the…