Legal Opinion
Lavelle v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Decided January 12, 1987No. 066351PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJames J. McMonagle, J.
The narrow issue presented in this asbestos exposure, products liability case arises from the defendants’ request for an in limine order prohibiting the asbestosis-afflicted plaintiff from adducing at trial any evidence regarding .cancer, any causal relationship between asbestos and cancer, or any increased risk or fear of developing cancer.
Nowhere is the symbiotic relationship between law and medicine more evident than in asbestos litigation generally and the particular issue raised herein. The insidious, progressive nature of asbestos-related diseases as discovered by the medical community…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Paugh v. HanksOhio Supreme Court · 1983
- Mitchell v. . Rochester Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Cooper v. Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Inc.Ohio Supreme Court · 1971
- Pierce v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
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- Cantrell v. GAF Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
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