Legal Opinion
Parker v. Mobil Oil Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 17, 2006PublishedCited by 183 opinions
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1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ClPARICK, J.
Plaintiff Eric Parker commenced this action in 1999 against Mobil Oil Corporation, Island Transportation Corporation and Getty Petroleum Marketing, Inc., alleging that exposure to benzene in gasoline caused him to develop acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Parker had worked as a gas station attendant for 17 years and had been exposed to benzene through inhalation of gasoline fumes and through dermal contact with gasoline. There is no dispute that benzene is a known carcinogen.
Parker worked at several full-service stations between March 1981 and August 1998. As…
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