Legal Opinion
Welch v. Keene Corp.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 5, 1991No. 89-P-1200PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
John F. Welch brought this action against thirteen manufacturers of asbestos materials, among them the defendants Keene Corporation (Keene) and Owens-Illinais, Inc. (Owens), seeking damages for an injury resulting from his exposure to asbestos products between 1954 and 1976. On March 21, 1989, the case was submitted to a jury on special questions, several of which are germane to this appeal. 2 The jury returned a verdict of $878,566.55 for Welch against six of the defendants who then remained in the case, and found in favor of the defendant Fibreboard Corporation. Only Keene and Owens are…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Woodrow Sterling v. Velsicol Chemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- United States v. DrougasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Raunela v. Hertz Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- MacDonald v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Vassallo v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. CarnesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Patricia Grant v. Foster Wheeler, LLCSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2016
- Keene Corp. v. HallCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1993
- Geshke v. Crocs, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2012
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