Legal Opinion
Rummo v. Celotex Corp.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided December 7, 1989No. CV-87-2173PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, District Judge.
Plaintiff is dying of mesothelioma, a dread cancer of the lining of the lungs, as a result of his work with asbestos thirty years ago in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He *427has less than one year to live. He cannot work. Were it not for this disease, this 53 year-old man would have a work-life expectancy of some twelve years. The question posed is whether his loss of future income should be based on the one year he may live or the many years he could have lived were it not for the defendant’s delict in supplying asbestos without warning workers of the…
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- John R. McWeeney v. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by3 opinions
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