1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. A.2d
  4. 981 A.2d
  5. 981 A.2d 524 (2009)
 

GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. GRENIER

Nos. 453, 2007, 578, 2007.

981 A.2d 524 (2009)

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and Ford Motor Company, Defendants Below, Appellants, v. Roland Leo GRENIER, Sr., Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: February 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christian J. Singewald, White & Williams LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Eileen Penner, Andrew Tauber, Mayer Brown, LLP, Washington, DC, pro hac vice (argued) for appellants.

Yvonne Takvorian Saville, Weiss & Saville, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Kevin D. McHargue, pro hac vice (argued) for appellee.

Joseph J. Rhoades and A. Dale Bowers, Wilmington, Delaware for the Concerned Scientists as amicus curiae.

Somers S. Price, Jr., Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP; Matthew P. Donelson, Elzufon, Austin, Reardon, Tarlov & Mondell, P.A.; and, J. Michael Johnson, Rawle & Henderson LLP, Wilmington, Delaware for Chrysler LLC, Borg-Warner Corporation and Honeywell International, Inc., as amici curiae.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS, Justices, NOBLE, Vice Chancellor constituting the court en banc.

STEELE, Chief Justice:

Roland Grenier, Sr., plaintiff below, worked as an auto mechanic for thirty-eight years. During that time, he developed mesothelioma, a fatal form of lung cancer. As an auto mechanic, Grenier worked with products manufactured and supplied by General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company, defendants below. Grenier is one of several plaintiffs who brought an action in the Superior Court, alleging that dust from brake shoes and other friction...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases