Legal Opinion
Lapointe v. 3m Company
Superior Court of Rhode Island
Decided November 5, 2007No. C.A. No. PC 06-2418Published
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
The Defendant, Heatbath Corporation (Heatbath) moves for summary judgment pursuant to Super. R. Civ. P. 56. The Plaintiffs, Joseph LaPointe (Mr. LaPointe), and his wife, Yvette LaPointe (collectively, the Plaintiffs), object to the motion.
I
Facts and Travel
The Plaintiffs filed a complaint in this Court on May 3, 2006, alleging, inter alia, that Mr. LaPointe suffered numerous asbestos-related injuries as a result of his occupational exposure to asbestos and asbestos-containing materials during his forty-year career as a boiler and furnace repairman. He alleges that those exposures…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Steinberg v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1981
- Palmisciano v. Burrillville Racing Ass'nSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1992
- Hernandez-Loring v. Universidad MetropolitanaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Weaver v. American Power Conversion Corp.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2004
- Gliottone v. EthierSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2005
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