Legal Opinion
George v. Celotex Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 13, 1990No. 1339, Docket 90-7144PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
The Celotex Corporation (“Celotex”) appeals from a judgment awarding plaintiff Marion George, on her own behalf and as executrix of her husband Stuart George’s estate, damages in strict liability arising from her husband’s exposure to asbestos manufactured by Celotex. Celotex argues that the district court (a) improperly admitted a certain scientific report into evidence on the issue of the current state of the art, and (b) erroneously let stand a jury allocation of 90 percent liability against Celotex in the face of contrary evidence. Because we disagree with both…
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