Legal Opinion
Milward v. Acuity Specialty Products Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 22, 2011No. 09-2270PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
Brian and Linda Milward brought negligence claims against defendant chemical companies alleging that the rare type of leukemia that Brian Milward suffers, Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL), was caused by his routine workplace exposure to benzene-containing products that had been manufactured or supplied by defendants. Milward worked as a refrigeration technician and asserted that he was exposed to benzene from 1978 until the time he filed this complaint and jury demand in October 2007. He had been diagnosed with APL in October 2004.
At defendants’ request, the district…
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