Dollas v. W.R. Grace & Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*320These appeals involve two of the more than 700 personal injury and wrongful death cases allegedly resulting from exposure to asbestos-containing products at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Plaintiffs’ decedents, who are alleged to have worked on the USS Constellation, succumbed to mesothelioma, "an exceedingly rare disease * * * whose only known cause is exposure to asbestos” (O’Brien v National Gypsum Co., 944 F2d 69, 72). At issue is whether plaintiffs presented sufficient evidence to raise a question of fact with respect to decedents’ exposure to asbestos from defendant Grace’s product,…
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