RICH v. KAISER GYPSUM CO., INC.

No. 4D10-1176.

103 So.3d 903 (2012)

Abbey RICH, individually and as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Fred H. Rich, Appellant, v. KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, INC., R.T. Vanderbilt Company, Inc., individually and as successor in interest to International Talc Co., and Union Carbide Corp., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa D. Visconti and Juan Bauta of The Ferraro Law Firm, Miami, for appellant.

Dinah Stein of Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A., Miami, and Bice Cole Law Firm, P.L., Coral Gables, for Appellee-Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc.

Raoul G. Cantero , David P. Draigh and Kerri L. McNulty of White & Case LLP, Miami, for Appellee-R.T. Vanderbilt Company.

Matthew J. Conigliaro of Carlton Fields, P.A., St. Petersburg, and Dean A. Morande of Carlton Fields, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee-Union Carbide Corporation.


ROSENBERG, ROBIN L., Associate Judge.

Abbey Rich, both in her individual capacity and as the personal representative of her late husband's estate, appeals a final judgment entered by the trial court after a jury found that the defendants were not liable for injuries her husband, Fred Rich, suffered as a result of contracting mesothelioma.1 She raises five issues on appeal: (1) the trial court erred by allowing the defendants to use the...

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