Legal Opinion
Gibbs v. EI DuPont De Nemours & Co., Inc.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided February 6, 1995No. 1:93-cv-00497PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION and ORDER
CURTIN, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
This is one of a series of cases involving the high incidénce of bladder cancer among employees of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in Niagara Falls, New York. In this action, plaintiffs Harry Gibbs, Robert Bailey, Anthony D’Orazio, and William Mooney, all former employees of Goodyear, sue defendants DuPont, Allied-Signal, First Mississippi, First Chemical, Cyanamid and USX in negligence and strict product liability. Plaintiffs claim that the defendants manufactured and sold orthotoluidine and/or anilide to Goodyear without providing…
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