Legal Opinion
Adkins v. GAF Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 23, 1991No. Nos. 89-3537, 89-3538PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal by the defendant-appellant Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. (ACL) follows a judgment and award of damages to the plaintiffs-appellees Curtis Adkins and Mary Adkins (Adkins). The stock of ACL is owned by a Canadian crown corporation, and, thus, ACL is an instrumentality of a foreign government and not subject to jury trials in the United States. 28 U.S.C. § 1603; 28 U.S.C. § 1330. Since various claims were submitted to the jury with respect to the other defendants-appellees *1227who were subject to jury trials, the trial court decided to submit all issues with respect…
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