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DOLLAS v. W.R. GRACE & CO.

225 A.D.2d 319 (1996)

639 N.Y.S.2d 323

Joanna Dollas, Individually and as Administratrix of The Estate of Gus Dollas, Deceased, Appellant, v. W.R. Grace and Company, Respondent, et al., Defendants Joseph R. Gargano, as Executor of Joseph A. Ventarino, Deceased, Appellant, v. W.R. Grace and Company, Respondent, et al., Defendants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 5, 1996

These appeals involve two of the more than 700 personal injury and wrongful death cases allegedly resulting from exposure to asbestos-containing products at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Plaintiffs' decedents, who are alleged to have worked on the USS Constellation, succumbed to mesothelioma, "an exceedingly rare disease * * * whose only known cause is exposure to asbestos" (O'Brien v National Gypsum Co.,

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