MATTER OF NY CITY ASBESTOS LITIG.


151 Misc.2d 1 (1991)

In the Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation.

Supreme Court, New York County.

May 1, 1991


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer (Kevin Berry and Frank Ortiz of counsel), Levy Phillips & Koeningsberg (Robert Komitor of counsel), Greitzer & Locks (Jerry Kristal of counsel), and Sullivan & Liapakis (Abby Resnick of counsel), for plaintiffs. Shiff Hardin & Wait (Robert Riley and Joseph O'Hara of counsel), Danaher Tedford Lagnese & Neal (Paul Slater of counsel), Gordon & Silber (Arthur Cohen of counsel), and McCarter & English (Andrew Berry, Johanna Gibbon, Richard O'Leary and Mark Weissman of counsel), for defendants.


HELEN E. FREEDMAN, J.

Over 700 cases arising out of exposure to asbestos-containing products in the New York Naval Shipyard (Brooklyn Navy Yard) during the period 1938 to 1966 filed in both the State and Federal courts were consolidated for all purposes by a joint Federal-State order dated June 1, 1990. Determination on motions and pretrial proceedings were jointly...

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