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FILE NAME Allied Signal Bendix ASB DATE 1990 May 1
DOC ASB102
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Newspaper Article - Asbestos Victims Win Case Partially Redacted and with Attached Note
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computed damages totaling
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Hamilton worked as an installer
from 1945 to 1981 when he was Af
disabled with asbestosis at 56
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mining a number of complicated &
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issues beyond the obvious question3s
of whether the plaintiffs were in-
jured and whether their injurie&s
resulted because the defendants ne
glected to warn them of the hazards
of asbestos exposure
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T. RANCOUR DR L. PAUL
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to Cholakis also directed the panel
determine which of a total of nine +4
companies were also negligent and =
to apportion liability appropriately .z
He also told the jury to determine
whether Hamilton was at all respon-
sible
for
his
own
injuries
and
if so
to
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Hamilton although testimony in- -*)
dicated that he had at some point
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been warned to stop working with _
asbestos was not found contributori- -
more than
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ASBESTOSIS AND
ONE ly negligent by the four women and
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two men
MesothioloMA MesothioloMA CASE
On Monday afternoon the panel
By John Caher
Staff
jury
- A fedefedreraall courtcourt jury
ALBANY residents who Monday
evening awarded total two area residents who
suffered suffered health problems because to their exposure to asbestos
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In two cases tried jointly before
- U.S. District Judge Con G. Cholakis J 4 x
PENDING PENDING IN WORKERS
THERE CompensationCompensatiConompensation Compensation Compensation , THERE
MAY BE MEDIA
INQUIRIES INQUIRIES ETC. AS
A RESULT OF THIS
which began deliberating Friday but were excused over the weekend
requested additional information on
hhooww damages should be awarded A
verdict returned around 5:30 p.m.
was based solely on compensatory
damages
jury
did
punitive
The jury did not assess punitive
damages which are designed to
the the
jury found two companies
on
trialone of liable for
gts
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WOULD
and deter simi-
pulnar ishcoconndudctuwcrt ongdoer
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damages to the estate of Frank
APPRECIATE COMMENTS COMMENTS Gambacorta of Albany and to
Charles William Hamilton Hanna-
& croix Greene County
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The Gambacorta estate was
RELATIVE Walters awarded
and Hamilton and
ETC. his wife Elizabeth were awarded
COMMENTS
In a similar case last summer a
SUGGESTIONS SUGGESTIONS TO MEDIA
federal jury in Albany awarded
nearly Raymond in compensatory
damages to Raymond and Janet
of 155 Lincoln Ave. That
judgment against
and
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is currently under appeal
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. Craig
;
jury The jury
trial
liable
said the other firm on
was not-
ws
te
In the Gambacorta case the ] (@:
| widow Mary Gambacorta had
from 4 sought
alleging that 5
Gambacorta asbesto- suffered
sis and mesothelioma because he ;
worked with asbestos between 1947
installer and Gambacorta as dieddied inisnulatioatn .
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Gambacorta
1987
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The jury found damages totaling
Craig . .
J. BATEMAN
J. Fountain
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J. PATEPL ATEL
G. GUBA
KEIM
V. KEIM
H. Scott
State and federal courts have been
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bombarded with asbestos claims
since the state Legislature in 1986 allowed victims of several hazardous substances - including asbestos
-to -to sue for damages even though
the statute of
since expired
limitations The had long rationale for the
; ~
Toxic Tort Act of 1986 was that
victims of some products such as
asbestos frequently don't exhibit
years symptoms for up 20 Cholakis currently has about about 550 4
asbestos cases pending
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