Legal Opinion
Debiec v. Cabot Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 9, 2003No. 02-2507, 02-2508, 02-2511, 02-2512PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
These personal injury and wrongful death cases, consolidated for discovery in the District Court and for disposition in this Court, stem from the deaths of four people, all of whom worked at and/or lived near the defendants’ beryllium plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Each of the deaths was traceable to Chronic Beryllium Disease (“CBD”), a result of exposure to that toxin, and the victims either brought or had brought on their behalf suits against the Cabot Corporation (“Cabot”) and the NGK Metals Corporation (“NGK Metals”).
Finding that Pennsylvania’s…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Pocono International Raceway, Inc. v. Pocono Produce, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Robertson v. Allied Signal, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Denise Bohus v. Stanley A. BeloffCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Cathcart v. Keene Industrial InsulationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Cochran v. GAF Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
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3Cited by63 opinions
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