Legal Opinion
Burroughs v. Northern Telecom, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 2, 1992No. Nos. 92 Misc. 110, 92 CV 872PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, District Judge:
Plaintiffs in these actions have styled as “repetitive stress injury” (RSI) cases a number of suits for injuries allegedly caused by the routine use of computers, adding machines, supermarket checkout scanners and other mechanical and electrical devices. They have moved to consolidate 44 such cases now pending in the Eastern District, claiming that the cases represent the vanguard of what will be related mass litigations against numerous manufacturers and employers for these occupational injuries. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, which affects the wrist…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re Repetitive Stress Injury Litigation. Marguerite Debruyne Peter Debruyne Gayle Simms James Simms Madeline Bernice Strange Robin A. Palley Tonya Moore Cathy Mercantini Shirley Badon James Badon Karen Motchnik Deborah Z. Zook Thomas D. Zook Linda E. Hughes Arthur S. Hughes Lorraine Nieves Maryland Johnson Bush Carol Jamieson Thomas Jamieson Carol Witzel Edward S. Witzel Eunice A. Chattman Ronald W. Chattman Pamela J. Holman Terry Adamiak Carmelita Tacbad Mario Tacbad Belinda Edwards Karen M. Lawrence William R. Lawrence Eleanor M. Kelly Robert M. Kelly Joann N. Richmond Adelle Martin Robert D. Martin Anna M. Burroughs Raymond Burroughs Margaret Johnson James Johnson Margaret Depaolo Elizabeth D. Moore Gerald R. Moore Gladys Green Amy L. Turrentine Helen Countsouros Anthony Countsouros Gregory Timmons Kathleen W. Trzeciak Jane Teabout Frances Manos Sharon Kissling Barbara Day Maria Paruolo Josephine Esposito Denise D'AllesAnDro Joan E. Bartek Julius Bartek Lorraine Jabkowski Victor L. Jabkowski Frances Diane Pollack Alexander Pollack Zorca S. Rada Hugo Rada Donna Scaffaro Terrence Scaffaro Dorothy Debiase Judith Shoemaker Benjamin Sotomayer Argelia Ruiz v. National Semiconductor Corporation Stenograph Corp. Quixote Corporation Atex, Inc. Eastman Kodak Company Globe Food Equipment Company Northern Telecom Inc. Northern Telecom Ltd. Bell Canada Bell Northern Research Ltd. Kainsai Special USA Corp. Data Point Corporation Prime Computer Inc. System Integrators, Inc. Zenith Electronics Corp. Zenith Data Systems, Inc. Panasonic Company Flore Industries Inc. Lockheed Corporation Ontel Corporation Visual Technology Incorporated Ncr Corporation Memorex Corporation Memorex Telex Corp. Apple Computer, Inc. American Telephone and Telegraph Company Apollo Computers Inc. Hewlett Packard Company Data General Corp. And as Successor to Data-Checker Systems, Inc., Wang Laboratories, Inc. And International Business MacHines Corporation, Kainsai Special USA Corp., Third-Party v. Leon Levin Sons, Inc., Third-Party Compaq Computer Corp. Zenith Data Systems, Intervenors. Martha Baylor v. Xerox Corporation, International Business MacHines Inc. And Prime Computer, Inc., Joan Tanin v. Stenograph Corp., Quixote Corporation, Verna Mae Holley, Donald Holley, Dorothy Tarmel, Lucille Daniels, George Daniels, Linda G. Dimasi, Nicholas Soviero, Carol Soviero v. International Business MacHines Corporation, Ncr Corporation, Memorex Corporation, Memorex Telex Corp., American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Nec America, Inc., Also Known as Nippon Electric N.Y., Nec Business Communications Systems, Inc., Formerly Known as Mti Business Communication Systems, Inc., Nec Electronics, Inc., Nec Industries, Inc. Nec Technologies, Inc., Formerly Known as Nec Electronics, Usa, Inc., Audrey Hulse, Lewis R. Hulse v. Apple Computers Inc., Sony Corporation of America, Margaret Carr v. Data General Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- Benne v. International Business MacHines Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
- Debruyne v. National Semiconductor Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993