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WELCH v. KEENE CORP.

No. 89-P-1200.

31 Mass. App. Ct. 157 (1991)

575 N.E.2d 766

JOHN F. WELCH vs. KEENE CORPORATION & another.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

August 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin E. Young for Keene Corporation.

Peter J. Rubin of Maine for Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Albert P. Zabin (Christine M. Hayes with him) for the plaintiff.

Thomas L. Crotty, Jr., & Joel G. Beckman, for H.K. Porter Company, Inc., submitted a brief.

Richard L. Neumeier, Thomas P. O'Reilly, Leonard F. Zandrow, Jr., & Janet L. Maloof for The Celotex Corporation, submitted a brief.

Present: SMITH, PORADA, & GREENBERG, JJ.

GREENBERG, J.

John F. Welch brought this action against thirteen manufacturers of asbestos materials, among them the defendants Keene Corporation (Keene) and Owens-Illinois, Inc. (Owens), seeking damages for an injury resulting from his exposure to asbestos products between 1954 and 1976. On March 21, 1989, the case was submitted to a jury on special questions, several of which are germane to this appeal.2 The jury returned a verdict of...

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