FERNANDEZ v. UNION CARBIDE CORP.

No. 3D03-3142.

937 So.2d 750 (2006)

Joe M. FERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Ferraro and David A. Jagolinzer and Jeffrey S. Respler, Miami, for appellant.

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe; Morton D. Dubin, New York, NY; Carlton Fields and Gary L. Sasso, Tampa, and Allison Oasis Kahn, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Before COPE, C.J., and FLETCHER and RAMIREZ, JJ.


COPE, C.J.

Plaintiff Joe M. Fernandez appeals a final judgment after jury verdict in favor of defendant Union Carbide Corporation on his claim of asbestosis. We affirm.

The plaintiff was a drywall installer for many years beginning in 1966. He testified that the only joint compound he ever used was Georgia-Pacific Ready Mix. At the relevant times, some of the compound formulas in the product contained Union Carbide's Calidria asbestos.

The plaintiff...

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