Diane Blanco, Appellant,
v.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company et al., Defendants, and International Business Machines Corporation, Respondent.
Bonnie L. Clark et al., Appellants,
v.
Apple Computer, Inc., et al., Respondents.
Kathryn Awgul, Appellant,
v.
Compaq Computer Corporation, Defendant, and Dell Computer Corporation et al., Respondents.
In the Matter of New York County Data Entry Worker Product Liability Litigation. Rebecca Aikman et al., Plaintiffs, and Lisa Redd et al., Respondents,
v.
Atex, Inc., Appellant. (And Other Actions.)
Court of Appeals of the State of New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 18, 1997
Decided November 25, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, L. L. P., New York City (Steven J. Phillips, Alani Golanski and Stephenie L. Bross of counsel), for appellants.
Cerussi & Spring, White Plains (Michael A. Cerussi, Jr., Peter Riggs and Richard D. Bentzen of counsel); Edwards & Angell, New York City (Ira G. Greenberg and Andrew P. Fishkin of counsel); Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P. C. (Steven P. Benenson, Peter A. Drucker and Garineh S. Dovletian of counsel); Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L. L. P. (Bert L. Wolff and Steven F. Napolitano of counsel); Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett (George M. Newcombe of counsel); Debevoise & Plimpton (John S. Kiernan and Robert Goodman of counsel); Beatie, King & Abate (Kenneth J. King and Charna L. Gerstenhaber of counsel); Bowman and Brooke, L. L. P. (Hildy Bowbeer and Daniel C. Adams, of the Minnesota Bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel); Standard Weisberg, P. C., New York City (Anthony J. McNulty and Shauna J. Reeder of counsel); Farrell, Fritz, Caemmerer, Cleary, Barnosky & Armentano, P. C., Uniondale (William D. Wall of counsel); Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, Rochester (Thomas E. Reidy and Gordon L. Lang of counsel); Schoeman, Marsh & Updike, L. L. P., New York City (Charles B. Updike of counsel); Herzfeld & Rubin, P. C. (Jeffrey L. Chase and Maureen Doerner Fogel of counsel); Cozen & O'Connor (William P. Shelley of counsel); Walsh & Sheehan, L. L. P. (Michael P. Walsh and Maura Bleichert Lee of counsel); Damon & Morey, L. L. P., Buffalo (Thomas J. Drury and Daniel T. Cavarello of counsel); Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, New York City (H. Michael O'Brien of counsel); Kenney, Kanaley, Shelton & Liptak, L. L. P., Buffalo (Thomas E. Liptak of counsel); Meyers, Bianchi & McConnell, New York City (Andrew Feldman of counsel); Herzfeld & Rubin, P. C. (Harold M. Weidenfeld of counsel); Kelley, Jasons, McGuire & Spinelli, L. L. P. (Robert N. Spinelli and Ann C. Lebowitz, of the Pennsylvania Bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel); Lester, Schwab. Katz & Dwyer, New York City (Steven J. Rice and Thomas J. Force of counsel); Jacob, Medinger & Finnegan, L. L. P. (Peter A. Cross of counsel); Holleb & Coff (Irving B. Levinson and Julie L. Schultz, of the Illinois Bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel); Torino & Singer, P. C., Mineola (Bruce A. Torino of counsel); Quirk & Bakalor, P. C., New York City (Robert E. Quirk of counsel); Mallow, Konstam & Hager, P. C. (Gerold Mallow and David M. Mallow of counsel); O'Brien & Mayr, Rockville Centre (Robert B. Churbuck of counsel); Costello, Shea & Gaffney, New York City (Steven E. Garry of counsel); Ahmuty, Demers & McManus, White Plains (Thomas M. DeSimone of counsel); Garbarini & Scher, P. C., New York City (Myrna A. Levinson of counsel); McMahon, Martine & Gallagher (Anthony D. Martine of counsel); Thomas J. Reddington and Gerard J. Marulli; Gordon & Silber, P. C. (Michel Yoeli of counsel); Schiavetti, Geisler, Corgan, Soscia, DeVito, Gabriele & Nicholson (Julie B. Siminoff of counsel); and Preti, Flaherty, Belliveau & Pachios, LLC (Elizabeth A. Campbell, of the Maine Bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for respondents.
Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp, of the District of Columbia Bar, admitted pro hac vice, for Washington Legal Foundation, amicus curiae.
Chief Judge KAYE and Judges TITONE, SMITH and CIPARICK concur; Judges BELLACOSA and LEVINE taking no part.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York.
WESLEY, J.
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