Legal Opinion
Uniroyal, Inc. v. Home Insurance
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided December 19, 1988No. CV-84-3999 (JBW)PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REVISED MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, District Judge:
I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
This lawsuit is part of the “Agent Orange” Product Liability Litigation. In the underlying mass toxic tort action, a class of approximately 2.5 million Vietnam veterans and their family members sued the United States and the manufacturers of phenoxy herbicides used in the Vietnam war. The plaintiffs alleged that exposure to the herbicides and the contaminant dioxin resulted in a variety of devastating maladies, including cancers, genetic damage and birth defects, skin diseases, and nervous disorders.
The class action…
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- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Breed v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
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