MATTER OF EIGHTH JUD. DIST. ASBESTOS LITIG. v. A.W. CHESTERTON CO.

456 CA 15-01240.

141 A.D.3d 1127 (2016)

35 N.Y.S.3d 615

In the Matter of EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ASBESTOS LITIGATION. BETH ANN PIENTA, as Successor Executrix of LEE HOLDSWORTH, Deceased, and as Executrix of CAROL A. HOLDSWORTH, Deceased, Respondent, v. A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY et al., Defendants, and CRANE CO., Appellant. (Appeal No. 4.)

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

Decided July 8, 2016.


It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously vacated on the law without costs, the order entered July 10, 2014 is modified on the law by granting the postverdict motion in part, setting aside the verdict in part, and granting a new trial on the claim that defendant Crane Co. acted with reckless disregard for the safety of plaintiff's decedent Lee Holdsworth, and as modified the order is affirmed in accordance with the following memorandum: Crane...

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