· 4/30/1986
William Hagerty v. L & L Marine Services, Inc., and Union Carbide Corp.
Citations
- 788 F.2d 315
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 24761
- 54 U.S.L.W. 2569
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “[A] plaintiff can recover [damages for enhanced risk] only where he can show that the toxic exposure more probably than not will lead to cancer.”
- \[A] plaintiff can recover [damages for enhanced risk] only where he can show that the toxic exposure more probably than not will lead to cancer.\
- “It is for the jury to decide questions such as the existence, severity and reasonableness of the fear”
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Judges: Brown, Reavley, Hill
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