Legal Opinion
Mergenthaler v. Asbestos Corp. of America, Inc.
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided September 14, 1987PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TAYLOR, Judge.
Plaintiffs in eight suits assert causes of action alleging that they suffer from asbestos-related diseases which were caused in whole or in part by exposure to asbestos at the Marshallton plant of Haveg Industries, Inc. [Haveg]. Certain of the plaintiffs were exposed to asbestos at that plant only prior to June 15, 1949 and were not employed by Haveg thereafter.
Haveg has moved for summary judgment with respect to claims where asbestos exposure occurred while plaintiffs were employed by Haveg.
The issue is whether the asbestos-related diseases of these plaintiffs, which according…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Layton v. AllenSupreme Court of Delaware · 1968
- Kofron v. Amoco Chemicals Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1982
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Wood v. J. P. Stevens & Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
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