FAYER v. KEENE CORP.


311 N.J. Super. 200 (1998)

⊥ [808]GREGORY FAYER, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. KEENE CORPORATION; PITTSBURGH CORNING CORPORATION; ACANDS, INC.; ANCHOR PACKING CORPORATION; ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.; BRAND INSULATION COMPANY; PORTER HAYDEN COMPANY; DURAMETALLIC CORPORATION; FIBREBOARD CORPORATION; FLEXITALLIC GASKET COMPANY, INC.; FLINTKOTE BUILDING PRODUCTS; GAF CORPORATION; GARLOCK, INC.; NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY; TURNER AND NEWALL, PLC; AND U.S. GYPSUM COMPANY, DEFENDANTS, AND OWENS-CORNING, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick E. Blakelock argued the cause for appellant (Tucker & Goldstein, attorneys; Mr. Blakelock, on the brief).

Michael A. Galpern argued the cause for respondent (Greitzer & Locks, attorneys; Mr. Galpern and Heidi P. Rubin Cohen, on the brief).

Before Judges BAIME, BROCHIN and WEFING.


The opinion of the court was delivered by BROCHIN, J.A.D.

From approximately 1969, when plaintiff Gregory Fayer was eighteen years old, until some time after 1976, he worked at jobs where the air was heavy with microscopic asbestos fibers from insulation materials that contained asbestos. Inhaling the asbestos fibers injured his lungs. He sued seventeen of the companies which manufactured and sold products containing...

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