Reader process Zombie in Linux - Blank PDFs

I am having a major issue where we cannot open multiple pdfs from a Suse terminal. As long as I do not close any pdfs out of the browser I can open as many as I want. If I close one out, I cannot open any additional ones as I now have a acroread defunct process. All subsequent pdf files open as a blank screen. My only recourse is to close out the browser and relaunch to again open a pdf.
a ps -ef | grep acro* shows [acroread]<defunct> for the acroread process that was running.
SuSE 11 v.1
Adobe Reader 9.4.2-1
Firefox 3.5.19
Is there any newer version / beta I could try?
Thanks,
Steve

Good Morning Vaibhav,
Here is my uname -a - Linux xxx7922xx 02 2.6.32.36-0.5-pae #1 SMP 2011-04-14 10:12:31 +0200 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Excuse my ignorance but where can I add the -openInNewInstance parameter? I am using Firefox to initiate the opening of Reader to view the pdf. Is there a config file to edit?
firefox 28449 25927 0 10:54 ?
00:00:01 /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread --display :0.0 -progressPipe 3 -exitPipe 4
Thanks for your help so far,
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