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Supreme Court· 10/15/1974

England v. Chrysler Corp.

Citations

  • 419 U.S. 869
  • 95 S. Ct. 127
  • 42 L. Ed. 2d 107
  • 1974 U.S. LEXIS 4168

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that each manufacturer who contributed in anyway, and at any time, to a claimant's bodily injury is fully liable for all the resulting damages
  • jury specifically found that “Unibestos” was defective but returned a verdict in favor of Pittsburgh-Corning since plaintiff’s claim was time-barred.
  • in a friction products asbestos case, the court noted that it was impossible as a practical matter to determine which of multiple exposures resulted in injury, and allowed plaintiff to present a cumulative exposure causation theory
  • state department of highways not a person
  • state department of highways not a person

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