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OLSEN v. BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES, W. ELECTRIC CO.

388 Mass. 171 (1983)

445 N.E.2d 609

OLAF K. OLSEN & another vs. BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES, INC. & another; WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, third-party defendant.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry T. Dunker, Jr., for the plaintiffs.

Cynthia J. Cohen for N.L. Industries, Inc.

Edward Woll, Jr. (Frank J. Bailey with him) for Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

O'CONNOR, J.

The plaintiffs, Olaf K. Olsen (Olsen) and Virginia N. Olsen, commenced this action on June 30, 1980. The complaint alleges that Olsen contracted asthma from exposure to a substance known as TDI3 in the course of his employment by Western Electric Company, due to negligence and breach of implied warranties on the part of the defendants. The condition is claimed to be permanent. The...

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