Case Name: In the Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation. Susan Krok, as Administratrix for the Estate of Raymond J. Krok, Sr., Deceased, Respondent, v. AERCTO International, Inc., et al., Defendants, and The Nash Engineering Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-01-26
Citations: 146 A.D.3d 700
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation. Susan Krok, as Administratrix for the Estate of Raymond J. Krok, Sr., Deceased, Respondent, v AERCTO International, Inc., et al., Defendants, and The Nash Engineering Company, Appellant.
Judges: Concur— Friedman, J.P., Richter, Saxe, Moskowitz and Kapnick, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 146
Pages: 700–700

Head Matter:
In the Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation. Susan Krok, as Administratrix for the Estate of Raymond J. Krok, Sr., Deceased, Respondent, v AERCTO International, Inc., et al., Defendants, and The Nash Engineering Company, Appellant.
[44 NYS3d 911]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Peter H. Moulton, J.), entered April 12, 2016, which denied defendant Nash Engineering Company's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Defendant failed to establish prima facie that plaintiff's decedent could not have been exposed to its products or the asbestos contained therein (see Koulermos v A.O. Smith Water Prods., 137 AD3d 575 [1st Dept 2016]). Its reliance on the decedent's inability to identify its product as a source of his exposure to asbestos is misplaced (see id.; Salerno v Garlock Inc., 212 AD2d 463 [1st Dept 1995]). In any event, plaintiffs raised an issue of fact by submitting evidence that defendant's asbestos-containing pumps were present on the ship to which the decedent was assigned as a boiler tender fireman.
Concur— Friedman, J.P., Richter, Saxe, Moskowitz and Kapnick, JJ.