Legal Opinion
Durabla Manufacturing Co. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 3, 1998No. 97 Civ. 6160 (JSR)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
RAKOFF, District Judge.
Plaintiff alleges that from 1914 to 1973 it was a distributor of sheet gasket materials containing asbestos that were manufactured by defendants Goodyear and Goodyear Canada. See August 19, 1997 Complaint ¶ 8. Beginning in 1987, plaintiff was sued in New York by numerous claimants who alleged injuries caused by exposure to the gasket materials; according to plaintiff, defendants refused to defend, indemnify, or contribute to the defense of these claims. See id. ¶¶ 11-12. Many of these lawsuits were ended by plaintiff’s payment of substantial settlements,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Brian Sheppard v. Leon Beerman, as an Individual and in His Official Capacity as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- McDermott v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
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