Legal Opinion
Barnes v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 18, 2000No. 98-5371, 98-5376PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RYAN, Circuit Judge.
In these asbestos exposure wrongful death cases, the plaintiffs, Barnes and Beckmann, fiduciaries for their respective decedents’ estates, obtained separate jury verdicts against Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, although in a consolidated trial. The jury apportioned liability against Owens-Corning at 2% in Barnes’s case and 5% in Beckmann’s. Both plaintiffs appeal and submit the following three issues for our review:
• Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying the plaintiffs’ motions for a new trial on the basis that the jury’s apportionment of…
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