Philippine National Oil Company, Plaintiff-Counterdefendant-Appellant v. The Garrett Corporation, Defendant-Counterclaimant-Appellee. The Garrett Corporation, Counterclaimant-Appellant v. Philippine National Oil Company, and Geronimo Z. Velasco, Counterdefendants-Appellees

724 F.2d 803 38 UCC Rep.Serv. 509 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff-Counterdefendant-Appellant, v. The GARRETT CORPORATION, Defendant-Counterclaimant-Appellee. The GARRETT CORPORATION, Counterclaimant-Appellant, v. PHILIPPINE NATIONAL OIL COMPANY, and Geronimo Z. Velasco, Counterdefendants-Appellees. Nos. 82-5451, 82-5480. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 6, 1983. Decided Jan. 24, 1984. Don A. Proudfoot, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for Philippine Nat. Oil Co. J. Michael Crowe, Ziskin, Rubenstein, Kaplan & Crowe, Los Angeles, Cal., for Garrett Corp. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before GOODWIN and TANG, Circuit Judges, and AGUILAR * , District Judge. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge. 1 The Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) appeals from the district court's refusal to grant a new trial after the jury found for PNOC but failed to award damages. PNOC also asserts error in the jury instructions. Garrett cross-appeals from the district court's denial of its counterclaim, but asks us to consider its cross-appeal only if we grant PNOC some relief. We affirm with respect to PNOC, and thus do…