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LARSON v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP.

Docket Nos. 75933-75936, (Calendar No. 5).

427 Mich. 301 (1986)

399 N.W.2d 1

LARSON v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION REVARD v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION BRIMMER v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION GLAZIER v. FIBREBOARD CORPORATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Goldberg and Arthur L. Petersen for the plaintiffs.

Collins, Einhorn & Farrell, P.C. (by Clayton F. Farrell and Noreen L. Slank), for defendant Celotex Corporation, et al.

Amici Curiae in support of plaintiffs:

Baron & Budd (by Russell W. Budd).

Bockoff & Zamler, P.C. (by Daryl Royal and Patrick J. Bruetsch).

Law Offices of Michael B. Serling, P.C. (by Michelle E. Areeda and Michael B. Serling).

Lopatin, Miller, Freedman, Bluestone, Erlich, Rosen, & Bartnick (by Sheldon L. Miller).

Sachs, Nunn, Kates, Kadushin, O'Hare, Helveston & Waldman, P.C. (by Barry P. Waldman), for Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.

Decided December 29, 1986. Rehearing denied 428 Mich. 1207.

WILLIAMS, C.J.

The issues in this case are: 1) when does a cause of action for asbestosis accrue in Michigan, and 2) does a failure to bring a suit for asbestosis within the statutory period bar an action for cancer which subsequently develops as a result of the same exposure to asbestos. We hold: 1) the cause of action for asbestosis accrues in accordance with the "discovery rule," i.e., from the...

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