TAYLOR v. A.C. & S., INC.


306 A.D.2d 202 (2003)

762 N.Y.S.2d 73

MERLIN TAYLOR, Appellant, v. A.C. & S., INC., et al., Defendants, and AMERICAN OPTICAL CORPORATION, Respondent.

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

Decided June 26, 2003.


This action arises out of the personal injuries and resulting death of plaintiff's decedent Gabriel Taylor (Taylor) as a result of his alleged exposure to asbestos-containing products, manufactured by defendant American Optical Corporation (AO), during the course of his employment as a welder or a welder's assistant with various companies. In his deposition testimony and answers to interrogatories, Taylor asserted that, during the course of his employment from the 1970s through...

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