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- Title: White v. Johns-Manville Corp.
- Author : Fourth Circuit United States Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 05, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
Description
John W. White and four other shipyard workers of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company appeal the judgments of the district court setting aside jury verdicts of $435,000 for each employee and granting judgment n.o.v. in favor of various manufacturers of asbestos products. Appellants raise these main issues on appeal: (1) whether the district court erred in denying admiralty jurisdiction; (2) whether the court properly applied Virginia law in determining when their causes of action accrued; (3) whether the court's rulings and instructions on damages were incorrect; and (4) whether the court properly set aside the jury verdicts. We agree with the appellants that the court should have exercised its admiralty jurisdiction. Therefore, we vacate the judgments of the district court and remand for further proceedings.