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RITTENHOUSE v. ST REGIS HOTEL

149 Misc.2d 452 (1990)

Eva Rittenhouse, Plaintiff, v. St. Regis Hotel Joint Venture et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

October 4, 1990

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Killarney, Rein, Brody & Fabiani (Lawrence Beckenstein of counsel), for St. Regis Hotel and another, defendants. Maffei, Maffei & Keating for Testwell Craig Laboratory Inc., defendant. Damon & Morey (Carol Snider of counsel), for Hazardous Waste Engineering Consultants, Inc., defendant. Butler, Fitzgerald & Potter for Brennan Beer Gorman, defendant. Goetz, Fitzpatrick & Flynn for Tishman Construction Corporation, defendant. Landau & Kleinbaum (Samuel Landau of counsel), for plaintiff.

HELEN E. FREEDMAN, J.

Plaintiff sues for "mental anguish" caused by an alleged exposure to asbestos-containing materials at the St. Regis Hotel during the period December 18, 1988 through January 6, 1989. Defendants move for summary judgment on the ground that no cause of action lies for what they label "asbestosphobia" and request that this court impose costs and fees upon plaintiff's counsel for initiating...

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