96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6610, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,831 Jodene M. Santana and Michael Santana, Wife and Husband v. Zilog, Inc., a California Corporation

95 F.3d 780 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6610 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,831 Jodene M. SANTANA and Michael Santana, wife and husband, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ZILOG, INC., a California corporation, Defendant-Appellee. No. 95-35436. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 5, 1996. Decided Sept. 4, 1996. David R. Lombardi, Givens, Pursley & Huntley, Boise, ID, for plaintiffs-appellants. Stephen R. Thomas, Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett, Rock & Fields, Boise, ID, for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho, Mikel H. Williams, Chief Magistrate Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-94-00087-MHW. Before WRIGHT, HALL, and TROTT, Circuit Judges. CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge: 1 Jodene and Michael Santana sued Zilog, Inc., Jodene's employer, claiming that Jodene was exposed to dangerous chemicals on the job that caused her to miscarry six times from 1988 to 1993. They asserted wrongful death claims in Idaho state court for the deaths of their unborn fetuses, allegedly due to Zilog's negligence, failure to warn, and battery. Zilog, a California corporation, removed the case to federal court. The district court…