Kowalski v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.

BACKGROUND

CURTIN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Dorothy J. and Louis Kowalski, Jr., bring this action in negligence and strict HabiHty against defendant Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (“Goodyear”). The Kow-alskis aHege that Goodyear failed to prevent the release of ortho-toluidine, an abnormaUy dangerous hazard, from its Niagara Falls plant, contaminating the plaintiffs and causing Mrs. Kowalski to contract bladder cancer. The release occurred when Mr. Kowal-ski, a long-term employee of the defendant, left the plant each day. Although he showered and changed out of his work clothes, the…