Legal Opinion
Covalt v. Carey Canada, Inc.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided September 21, 1989No. 98 S00-8811-CQ-922PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PIVARNIK, Justice.
This cause comes to us on a certification of a question of state law from the United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. This Court has jurisdiction to answer said certified question pursuant to Ind.R.App.P. 15(0). The cause now before the Seventh Circuit, on appeal from the District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, presents a circumstance where a worker is diagnosed as having asbestosis more than ten (10) years after his last exposure to asbestos in his workplace. The cause is not a worker's compensation action, but rather, a products liability action…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Bunker v. National Gypsum Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1982
- Knox v. AC & S, INC.District Court, S.D. Indiana · 1988
- Berns Const. Co., Inc. v. MillerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1986
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