Lampfield v. Keene Corp.

WIEAND, Judge:

The evidence in this case against several manufacturers of asbestos products was that Stanley Lampfield suffered from emphysema, probably caused by smoking, and from pleural thickening and plaques, probably caused by exposure to asbes tos. 1 The evidence was in disagreement as to whether the pleural thickening was asymptomatic. Defense evidence was that it was asymptomatic and that any shortness of breath had been caused by the emphysema. The claimant’s evidence was that the pleural thickening was responsible for the “changes in volume and the loss in diffusing capacity” made…