Legal Opinion
Quattlebaum v. Carey Canada, Inc.
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided May 13, 1988No. Civ. A. No. 86-1004PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JOE F. ANDERSON, Jr., District Judge.
This matter is before the court on defendant Carey Canada’s motion for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. The motion is hereby granted.
This wrongful death action was instituted by Ruby Quattlebaum on March 17, 1986 pursuant to S.C.Code Ann. § 15-51-10 (wrongful death statute). The plaintiff’s husband, Robert Quattlebaum died on July 8, 1984. In her Complaint, Mrs. Quattlebaum alleges Carey Canada was liable for her husband’s contraction of asbestosis and subsequent death, which she argued was proximately caused by his exposure to asbestos…
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- Michigan Central Railroad v. VreelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Street v. Consumers Mining Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1946
- Kelliher v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Mason v. Gerin Corp.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1982
- Scott v. Greenville Pharmacy, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1948
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