Legal Opinion
Layne v. GAF Corp.
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Decided April 15, 1988No. 84-074194PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJames J. McMonagle, J.
On October 6, 1987, a $400,000 verdict was returned in favor of Geraldine Layne who had claimed that she had contracted mesothelioma during her employment as a word processor from 1973 until 1985 in the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Office Building in Cleveland, Ohio. The plaintiff proved to the jury’s satisfaction that in-place asbestos had been released into the ambient air during numerous renovations of the building. The verdict was returned against the sole remaining non-settling defendant, United States Mineral Products Company (“USM”), a company which admitted that in the late 1960s it…
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- LeFort v. Century 21-Maitland Realty Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1987
- Leichtamer v. American Motors Corp.Ohio Supreme Court · 1981
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