England v. Chrysler Corp.

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 | holding asbestos manufacturers jointly and severally liable for asbestos related diseases that were caused, in part, by its products | asbestosis; disease does not ordinarily manifest itself until "ten to twenty-five or more years after exposure" | failure to give complete disclosure of the existence and extent of risk involved in use of product deprived product of comment k exemption | though requested relief declaratory only, granting of such would interfere with discretionary functions of state judges whose decision would, in effect, be reversed | asbestosis; disease does not ordinarily manifest itself until “ten to twenty-five years or more after exposure” | asbestosis; disease does not ordinarily manifest itself until "ten to twenty-five or more years after exposure" | asbestosis; disease does not generally manifest itself until “ten to twenty-five or more years after exposure” | “the advantaged and disadvantaged parties must be shown to be competing customers ... in order for there to be discrimination” | "Whether the defendant's conduct was a substantial factor is a question for the jury, unless the court determines that reasonable men could not differ.” | jury specifically found that “Unibestos” was defective but returned a verdict in favor of Pittsburgh-Corning since plaintiff’s claim was time-barred. | strict liability action where the court stated that “[t]he requirement that the danger be reasonably foreseeable, or scientifically discoverable, is an important limitation of the seller’s liability” | asbestosis; disease does not ordinarily manifest itself until “ten to twenty-five or more years after exposure” | 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 | tracing history of medical knowledge of asbestos-related occupational diseases | tracing history of medical knowledge of asbestos-related occupational diseases | state department of highways not a person | state department of highways not a person | negligent failure to warn of danger | state department of pollution control