Co-Worker's 'Hardly Overwhelming' Product ID Evidence Enough to Defeat Summary Judgment in Asbestos Case

NEW YORK - A New York state appeals court has upheld a decision to deny a Canadian asbestos producer's motion for summary judgment in a case where the plaintiff's co-worker presented 'hardly overwhelming' evidence that the defendant's product was used at the place where the alleged exposure occurred. Tronlone v. Lac d'Aminate Du Quebec, et al., No. 243 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., App. Div., First Dept.).

In a decision issued Sept. 17, the First Department Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, held that the co-worker's recollection of unloading bags of asbestos which bore a name similar to that of the …