Comeau v. W.R. Grace & Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Helen Freedman, J.), entered March 31,1994, which denied defendant W.R. Grace & Co.—Conn.’s motion for summary judgment, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the motion granted, without costs or disbursements.
Decedent, a lifelong smoker, was employed as a roofer from 1950 to 1953, and as a metal lather from 1959 through 1987. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in July of 1992, which he alleges resulted from smoking and his exposure to asbestos. This products liability action was brought against various manufacturers of asbestos fibers. Plaintiff died on…
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