In Re Asbestos Cases. (Two Cases) Hoo Kin Chang and Ethel F.O. Chang v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Formerly Known as Johns-Manville Products Corp., and Raymark Industries, Inc., Successor to Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Charles Chun, Raymond Judd and Carinthia Judd, Moses Ho and Fanny Ho, Richard Lau and Janet C. Lau v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Formerly Known as Johns-Manville Products Corp., and Raymark Industries, Inc., Successor to Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.

847 F.2d 523 In re ASBESTOS CASES. (Two Cases) Hoo Kin CHANG and Ethel F.O. Chang, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION, formerly known as Johns-Manville Products Corp., et al., Defendants, and Raymark Industries, Inc., Successor to Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendant/Appellant. Charles CHUN, Raymond Judd and Carinthia Judd, Moses Ho and Fanny Ho, Richard Lau and Janet C. Lau, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION, formerly known as Johns-Manville Products Corp., et al., Defendants, and Raymark Industries, Inc., Successor to Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendant/Appellant. Nos. 85-1912, 85-1913. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 17, 1987. Decided May 23, 1988. Don Howarth, Los Angeles, Cal., Paula Devens, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant/appellant. L. Richard DeRobertis, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiffs/appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Before CANBY and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and TAKASUGI, * District Judge. CANBY, Circuit Judge. INTRODUCTION 1 Plaintiff-appellees Hoo Kin Chang and Charles Chun worked for more than thirty years at the Pearl Harbor…