Zalinka v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation

—Crew III, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Harris, J.), entered May 26, 1994 in Rensselaer County, upon a verdict rendered in favor of plaintiffs.

From 1952 until 1970, plaintiff John Zalinka (hereinafter Zalinka) was employed at the Watervliet Arsenal in the City of *831Watervliet, Albany County, where, as the result of his work, he frequently was exposed, to asbestos. In 1991 Zalinka was diagnosed as suffering from mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer associated with exposure to asbestos. As a consequence, Zalinka and his wife commenced this action against multiple defendants…