Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit May 25, 1995, 93-15904 (California Sansome Co. Polk Market Co. v. U.S. Gypsum W.R. Grace & Company,--Conn.)

LAY, Senior Circuit Judge:

On April 21, 1989, California Sansome Company and Polk Market Company (“San-some”) filed an action against United States Gypsum Company and W.R. Grace & Company (“U.S. Gypsum”) claiming asbestos-related damages in two of their buildings located in San Francisco, California. The action was brought pursuant to federal diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1382. U.S.