Nina Cheng, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Thomas T.O. Cheng, Deceased v. The Boeing Company, Shunsaku Harada and Masa Harada, in Their Individual Capacities and as Heirs at Law and Legal Successors of Akiko Harada, Deceased v. The Boeing Company, Lui Su Nai-Chao v. The Boeing Company

708 F.2d 1406 Nina CHENG, Individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Thomas T.O. Cheng, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The BOEING COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Shunsaku HARADA and Masa Harada, in their individual capacities and as Heirs at Law and Legal Successors of Akiko Harada, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The BOEING COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. LUI SU NAI-CHAO, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The BOEING COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 82-4267, 82-4283, 82-4284 and 82-4288 to 82-4302. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 12, 1983. Decided June 20, 1983. Paul H. Due, Due, Dodson, deGravelles, Baton Rouge, La., Arthur S. Katayama, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Michael M. Marron, Marron, Reid & Sheehy, David W. Gordon, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, Cal., Frank A. Silane, Condon & Forsyth, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before MERRILL, SNEED, and FARRIS, Circuit Judges. FARRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 The Cheng and Harada plaintiffs…