MATTER OF LONGO v. GRAPHIC PACKAGING CORPORATION

511865.

89 A.D.3d 1340 (2011)

934 N.Y.S.2d 243

2011 NY Slip Op 8523

In the Matter of GERALD D. LONGO, Respondent, v. GRAPHIC PACKAGING CORPORATION et al., Appellants, and KRAFT GENERAL FOODS et al., Respondents. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.

Decided November 23, 2011.


Lahtinen, J.

Claimant was employed as a maintenance mechanic at a food packaging facility from 1961 to 2001. Throughout claimant's employment, the company was sold several times. At the time of his retirement in 2001, claimant's employer was Graphic Packaging Corporation, a subsidiary of Coors Brewing Company. In 2007, claimant was diagnosed with interstitial lung disease attributable to his workplace exposure to asbestos. Thereafter, claimant was awarded workers...

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