MILLISON v. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS


226 N.J. Super. 572 (1988)

545 A.2d 213

WILLIAM B. MILLISON, AND MARIE MILLISON, HIS WIFE; VERNON G. KRONMAIER AND DOROTHY KRONMAIER, HIS WIFE; SUSAN SCHWEBEL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF HAROLD SCHWEBEL; CLARENCE SCHWEBEL AND GERALDINE SCHWEBEL, HIS WIFE; FRANK BAPTISTE AND CATHERINE BAPTISTE, HIS WIFE, AND EDWARD B. AGAR AND EILEEN AGAR, HIS WIFE, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY; WILLIAM E. NEELD, JR., M.D., AND G.F. REICHWEIN, M.D., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, AND JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION; OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.; OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION; KEENE CORPORATION; CELOTEX CORPORATION; RAYBESTOSMANHATTAN CORPORATION; SEPCO CORPORATION; AMATEX CORPORATION; PHILIP CAREY COMPANY; UNITED ASBESTOS AND RUBBER COMPANY, A/K/A UNARCO; ARMSTRONG CONTRACTING AND SUPPLY CORPORATION; ACANDS INDUSTRIES, INC.; BIRD AND SONS, INC.; EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC.; FIBERBOARD CORPORATION; FIBERBOARD CORPORATION, PABCO DIV.; FORTY-EIGHT INSULATIONS, INC.; CHILDERS PRODUCTS COMPANY; GAF CORPORATION; PITTSBURGH CORNING CORP.; H.K. PORTER COMPANY; ROCK WOOL MANUFACTURING COMPANY; PHILADELPHIA ASBESTOS CORPORATION, D/B/A PACOR, INC.; SOUTHERN ASBESTOS COMPANY; DELAWARE INSULATION COMPANY; ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.; GARLOCK, INC.; J.W. ROBERTS, LTD., A DIVISION OF TURNER & NEWALL, LTD.; JOHN DOE CORPORATIONS (1-47); ALBINAS SMULKSTYS, M.D.; JOHN DOE(S), M.D., AND RICHARD ROE, M.D., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Morrissey argued the cause for appellants (Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, attorneys; Thomas L. Morrissey and Rosemary Alito, of counsel; Silvio J. DeCarli and Kevin P. Duffy, on the brief).

David Jacoby argued the cause for respondents (Tomar, Seliger, Simonoff, Adourian & O'Brien, attorneys; David Jacoby, Joshua M. Spielberg and Esther Berezofsky, on the brief).

Before Judges DREIER, BAIME and ASHBEY.


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

This appeal arises out of a Law Division trial following a remand from the Supreme Court. See Millison v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 101 N.J. 161 (1985). There the Court held that the New Jersey Workers' Compensation Act, N.J.S.A. 34:15-1 et seq, precluded plaintiffs from maintaining a separate tort action against their employer E.I. du Pont de Nemours...

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