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BAKER v. R.T. VANDERBILT COMPANY, INC.

260 A.D.2d 750 (1999)

688 N.Y.S.2d 726

MURRAY BAKER et al., Respondents, v. R.T. VANDERBILT COMPANY, INC., et al., Appellants, et al., Defendant. (And 19 Other Related Actions.)

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

Decided April 8, 1999.

Carpinello, J.

This appeal involves 20 separate lawsuits, many of which have been pending for more than 10 years, commenced by over 100 employees, former employees and estates of deceased employees who suffered personal injuries from the inhalation of asbestos containing minerals allegedly released by defendants' mining practices.1 All of the subject mines (whether open pit or shaft) are located within several miles of each other in St...

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