Vincent P. Rascon v. Teresa Hansen

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• concluding that plaintiff could recover emotional damages for fear of cancer when a “fear of future injury stem[med] from” conduct which caused a current injury
• holding that in an asbestos exposure case involving work on locomotive and locomotive parts containing asbestos, the FELA “allow[s] a worker to recover his entire damages from a railroad whose negligence jointly caused an injury (here, the chronic disease asbestosis
• noting that if a third-party tortfeasor is at fault for contributing to an employee’s damage, the employee is entitled to a full recovery from the employer and the employer may then seek contribution from the third-party tortfeasor
• noting that if a third-party tortfeasor is at fault for contributing to an employee's damage, the employee is entitled to a full recovery from the employer and the employer may then seek contribution from the third-party tortfeasor
• refusing to require apportionment of damages among firms contributing to asbestos disease of railroad employee in order to facilitate employee's recovery, but noting that indemnification was available
• refusing to require apportionment of damages among firms contributing to asbestos disease of railroad employee in order to facilitate employee’s recovery, but noting that indemnification was available

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