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ANDERSON v. COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC.

No. 01-1518.

256 Wis.2d 389 (2002)

2002 WI App 143

647 N.W.2d 460

Mary B. ANDERSON, individually and as special administrator of the estate of Jerold W. Anderson, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Ralph A. Weber and Colleen D. Ball of Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach, S.C., Milwaukee, and Steven J. Kirsch of Murnane, Conlin, White & Brandt, P.A., St. Paul, Minnesota. There was oral argument by Steven J. Kirsch.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Jill A. Rakauski of Cascino Vaughan Law Offices, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois. There was oral argument by Kevin McHargue of Baron & Budd, Dallas, Texas.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Fine and Schudson, JJ.

¶ 1. FINE, J.

Combustion Engineering, Inc., appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding it twenty-nine percent responsible for Jerold Anderson's lung-cancer death. It also appeals from the trial court's related orders. The crux of Combustion Engineering's argument on this appeal is that there was insufficient expert-evidence linking asbestos in its boilers to Mr. Anderson's mesothelioma to support the jury's verdict. We affirm.

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