BORDEN, INC. v. CYPHERS

No. 4-984A248.

486 N.E.2d 635 (1985)

BORDEN, INC., Appellant (Defendant below), v. Mona CYPHERS, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph A. Cohen, Mary Nold Larimore, Ice, Miller, Donadio & Ryan, Indianapolis, John Dames, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Thomas L. Hulse, Miller, Hulse, Lacey, Hardacre, Austin & Chappell, Patrick J. Cunningham, Anderson, for appellee.


HOFFMAN, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Borden, Inc., (Borden) appeals a jury verdict awarding plaintiff-appellee Mona Cyphers (Cyphers) a $200,000.00 judgment. Cyphers brought suit against Borden alleging that she contracted chronic obstructive lung disease, referred to as "meat wrappers asthma,"1 as a result of her exposure to fumes emitted from the hot wire cutting of Borden's polyvinyl chloride (pvc) meat wrapping film during her career...

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