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JUZWIN v. AMTORG TRADING CORP.

Civil No. 87-3876.

705 F.Supp. 1053 (1989)

Stephen JUZWIN and Mary Juzwin, his spouse, Plaintiffs, v. AMTORG TRADING CORP., et al., Defendants. AMTORG TRADING CORP., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff, v. LEONARD J. BUCK, INC., Flintkote Mines, Ltd., National Gypsum Company and Turner & Newall, PLC., Third Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

March 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garruto, Galex & Cantor, Francis A. Tomes, East Brunswick, N.J., for plaintiffs.

Budd Larner Gross Picillo Rosenbaum Greenberg & Sade, P.C., John J. Catino, Short Hills, N.J., for defendant-third party plaintiff Amtorg Trading Corp.

McCarter & English, Honora M. Keane, Charles F. Rysavy, Newark, N.J., for defendant Carey Canada, Inc.

Goldfein & Joseph, P.C., David A. Katzenstein, Scott I. Fegley, Princeton, N.J., for defendants Asbestos Corp. Ltd. and Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd.

Bressler, Amery & Ross, Gladys W. Orr, Morristown, N.J., for defendant, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

O'Donnell, Kennedy, Vespole & Piechta, Leon B. Piechta, West Orange, N.J., for defendant, Leonard J. Buck, Inc.

OPINION

SAROKIN, District Judge.

In this asbestos-related products liability action, defendants move that the court strike plaintiffs' punitive damages claims on the ground that they are unconstitutional.

I. INTRODUCTION

Punitive damage awards have played a traditional role in our system of jurisprudence. They provide a means by which private citizens are afforded the opportunity to penalize persons or entities whose conduct has been so...

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