OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP. v. RIVERA

Nos. 96-185, 95-3208.

683 So.2d 154 (1996)

OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Ernestine I. RIVERA, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jesse Rivera, deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied December 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berger & Chafetz and Steven R. Berger, Miami, for appellant.

Robles & Gonzalez and Juan P. Bauta, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and COPE, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

In this product liability action, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., the manufacturer of Kaylo, an asbestos containing product, seeks reversal of judgment in plaintiff's favor, including punitive damages. On the following brief analysis, we affirm.

Ernest J. Rivera, as personal representative of the estate of Jesse Rivera, deceased, brought the instant action against a number of defendants, alleging decedent had been exposed to Kaylo between 1963 and...

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