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UNION CARBIDE CORP. v. KAVANAUGH

No. 4D03-2956.

879 So.2d 42 (2004)

UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Dennis M. KAVANAUGH and Ingeborg Kavanaugh, his wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 25, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Pelzer of Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, Fort Lauderdale, and Michelle Jerusalem Cole of Alston & Bird LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for appellant.

Joel S. Perwin of Podhurst Orseck, P.A., David Jagolinzer and James L. Ferraro of Ferraro & Associates, P.A., Miami, for appellees.

POLEN, J.

This appeal is brought by Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) from a final judgment awarding the Kavanaughs $1,153,000.00 in damages based on a product liability action involving asbestos exposure. We affirm the order of the trial court in all regards.

The underlying facts are lengthy and need not be discussed in great detail for purposes of this opinion. However, it is relevant that Dennis Kavanaugh began working as a carpenter in West Palm Beach in...

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