Legal Opinion
O'Halloran v. Toledo Scale Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 22, 1987PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Harold Baer, Jr., J.
Defendants seek summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s causes of action against each of them. These causes of action are claims for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff due to "meat wrappers asthma”, an ailment caused by exposure to polyvinyl chloride (PVC) fumes produced during the meat wrapping process.
Plaintiff was employed by A&P Supermarkets (impleaded by one of the defendants but not a party to the instant motions) as a journeyman butcher since 1953. As of 1971, plaintiff was exposed to the meat wrapping process when the supermarket…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Schmidt v. Merchants Despatch Transportation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Victorson v. Bock Laundry Machine Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Martin v. Julius Dierck Equipment Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Steinhardt v. Johns-Manville Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Thornton v. Roosevelt HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by2 opinions
- B & B Paint Corp. v. Shrock Manufacturing, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1991
- O'Halloran v. Toledo Scale Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988