Legal Opinion
Miller v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 16, 1991No. 90SA423PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Erickson
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, pursuant to C.A.R. 21.1, certified the following question of law:
Does discovery of an initial asbestos-related disease (in this case asbestosis-related pleural disease manifested by pleural thickening and pleural calcification) trigger the running of a statute of limitations on a separate, distinct, and later-manifested disease (here asbestosis) engendered by the same asbestos exposure? 1
We agreed to answer the question and we conclude the answer is no.
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On June 9, 1987, plaintiff Raymond Miller filed a complaint for damages alleging…
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