Legal Opinion · Dissent
Matter of New York Asbestos Litig.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 10, 2017No. 190415/12 206 205Published
1DissentSweeny, J.
The decedent Harry E. Brown worked with asbestos-containing insulation from 1959 to 1974. From the winter of 1964 to the spring of 1965, he was employed by Robert A. Keasbey, Inc. (Keasbey) as an asbestos insulation installer. Keasbey was a subcontractor at defendant Con Edison’s Ravenswood power plant, where it held the subcontracts for asbestos insulation from the three major contractors at the site: Combustion Engineering (boiler), General Electric (turbine) and either Couter or Wolf & Manier (pipes). The contracts between Con Edison or its general contractor with these three contractors…
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- Singleton v. Citnalta Construction Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
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