OPINION
BISSELL, District Judge, writing for GERRY, BROTMAN, DEBEVOISE, SAROKIN, ACKERMAN, THOMPSON and RODRIGUEZ, District Judges.
I. Introduction
In many asbestos related actions pending before this Court, the issue of the availability of the "state-of-the-art" defense to manufacturers of asbestos products has been presented in pretrial motions.
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