Gee v. Tenneco, Inc.

615 F.2d 857 Alice C. GEE, as Executrix of the Will of Tom B. Gee, and Alice C. Gee, Individually, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TENNECO, INC., as Successor to Heyden Newport Chemical Corporation and Does I through X, inclusive, Defendant-Appellee. No. 78-3168. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. March 26, 1980. David Jaroslawicz, New York City, argued for plaintiff-appellant; David H. Greenberg, Beverly Hills, Cal., Julien & Schlesinger, P. C., New York City, on the brief. Dov M. Grunschlag, Steinhart, Falconer & Morgenstein, San Francisco, Cal., argued for defendant-appellee; Joseph T. C. Hart, Fulton, Duncombe & Rowe, New York City, on the brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before WALLACE and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, * Senior District Judge. J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiff Alice C. Gee appeals from the granting of summary judgment in favor of defendant Tenneco, Inc. on Gee's complaint against Tenneco for the wrongful death of her husband, Tom B. Gee, and for other claims arising from his death. We affirm in part and reverse in part. I. JURISDICTION 2 The district court's…