Lydia Heppner, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Henry J. Heppner, Jr., Deceased v. Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Amerada Hess Corporation, Arco Pipeline Company, British Petroleum Pipelines, Inc., Exxon Pipeline Company, Mobil Alaska Pipeline Company, Phillips Petroleum Company, Sohio Pipeline Company, and Union Alaska Pipeline Company, Rick W. Jordan and Suzanne Jordan v. Amerada Hess Corporation, Arco Pipeline Company, British Petroleum Pipelines, Inc., Exxon Pipeline Company, Mobil Alaska Pipeline Company, Phillips Petroleum Company, Sohio Pipeline Company, and Union Alaska Pipeline Company

665 F.2d 868 Lydia HEPPNER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Henry J. Heppner, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALYESKA PIPELINE SERVICE COMPANY, Amerada Hess Corporation, Arco Pipeline Company, British Petroleum Pipelines, Inc., Exxon Pipeline Company, Mobil Alaska Pipeline Company, Phillips Petroleum Company, Sohio Pipeline Company, and Union Alaska Pipeline Company, Defendants-Appellees. Rick W. JORDAN and Suzanne Jordan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, Arco Pipeline Company, British Petroleum Pipelines, Inc., Exxon Pipeline Company, Mobil Alaska Pipeline Company, Phillips Petroleum Company, Sohio Pipeline Company, and Union Alaska Pipeline Company, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 79-4883, 79-4884. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 9, 1981. Decided Nov. 16, 1981. * Roger Brunner, Fairbanks, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellants. Girard E. Boudreau, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before WALLACE and TANG, Circuit Judges, and FRYE, ** District Judge. WALLACE, Circuit Judge: 1 In this consolidated appeal, Heppner and Jordan…