KNEE v. A.W. CHESTERTON CO.


52 A.D.3d 355 (2008)

861 N.Y.S.2d 286

ROSLYN KNEE, Individually and as Executrix of ROY KNEE, Deceased, Respondent, v. A.W. CHESTERTON CO. et al., Defendants, and THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Appellant.

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

Decided June 17, 2008.


The deposition testimony of plaintiff's decedent showed that he was exposed to gaskets and gasket materials containing asbestos while working on a ship known as the Constellation at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, that dust from the asbestos gaskets was pervasive, and that he breathed it. Deposition testimony of the plaintiff and a second witness from an unrelated asbestos litigation and the plaintiff from a second unrelated asbestos litigation...

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