CUSATIS v. AMERICAN CYANAMID


176 N.J. Super. 329 (1980)

423 A.2d 316

JOHN CUSATIS, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, v. AMERICAN CYANAMID, THROUGH ITS INSURER, AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT AND CROSS-RESPONDENT, AND AMERICAN CYANAMID, THROUGH ITS INSURER, COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANIES, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT AND CROSS-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Raymond Dietrich, for respondent-appellant, by its insurance carrier, American Home Assurance Company (Franklin L. Flacks, of counsel and on the brief).

William K. Miller, for respondent and cross-appellant, by its insurance carrier, Commercial Union Assurance Companies.

Parsonnet, Duggan & Pykon, for petitioner-respondent (Jacobson & Silverman, of counsel).

Before Judges SEIDMAN, ANTELL and LANE.


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

Petitioner was employed for many years by American Cyanamid Company. During that time he was exposed to carcinogenic chemicals. He developed cancer of the bladder which, according to the medical proofs and not disputed on this appeal, was caused by the exposure. The condition worsened from February 1975, when the disease was first discovered by medical examination...

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