Steinhardt v. Johns-Manville Corp.

New York Court of Appeals
Steinhardt v. Johns-Manville Corp., 55 N.Y.2d 802 (N.Y. 1981)
447 N.Y.S.2d 437; 432 N.E.2d 139; 1981 N.Y. LEXIS 3324

Steinhardt v. Johns-Manville Corp.

Opinion of the Court

Motion by plaintiff Steinhardt to amend the remittitur granted, return of the remittitur requested and, when returned, it will be amended by adding thereto the following: Upon the appeal herein there was presented and necessarily passed upon a question under the Constitution of .the United States, viz.: Whether the holding that the plaintiff’s causes of action accrued and the Statutes of Limitations commenced when the employment-related exposure to asbestos particles occurred deprived plaintiff of due process of law.

On the court’s own motion, in Rosenberg et al., return of the remittitur requested and, when returned, it will be amended by adding thereto the following: Upon the appeal herein there was presented and necessarily passed upon a question under the Constitution of the United States, viz.: Whether the holding that the plaintiffs’ causes of action accrued and the Statutes of Limitations commenced when the employment-related exposure to asbestos particles occurred deprived plaintiffs of due process of law. [See 54 NY2d 1008.]

Reference

Full Case Name
In the Matter of Jeanne Steinhardt, as of James McKee, Jr. v. Johns-Manville Corporation, Respondents Stanley Rosenberg v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Respondents Jerome Brenner v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Respondents Dorothy Cohen, as Administratrix of the Estate of Emanuel Cohen v. Johns-Manville Products Corporation, Respondents Rose Failla, as Administratrix of the Estate of Vincent Failla v. Johns-Manville Products Corporation, Respondents Joseph Ferrarese v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Respondents Rose Weinberg, as Administratrix of the Estate of Albert Weinberg v. Johns-Manville Products Corporation
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