Case Name: Thomas R. Shuman et al., Appellants, v. Abex Corporation et al., Defendants, and Navistar International Transportation Corporation, Formerly Known as International Harvester, Defendant-Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-11-12
Citations: 266 A.D.2d 878
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thomas R. Shuman et al., Appellants, v Abex Corporation et al., Defendants, and Navistar International Transportation Corporation, Formerly Known as International Harvester, Defendant-Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 266
Pages: 878–879

Head Matter:
Thomas R. Shuman et al., Appellants, v Abex Corporation et al., Defendants, and Navistar International Transportation Corporation, Formerly Known as International Harvester, Defendant-Respondent.
[698 NYS2d 207]

Opinion:
—Order and judgment unanimously reversed on the law with costs, motion denied and complaint and cross claims against defendant Navistar International Transportation Corporation, f/k/a International Harvester, reinstated. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in granting the motion of Navistar International Transportation Corporation, f/k/a International Harvester (defendant) for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and cross claims against it. Plaintiffs commenced this action seeking damages resulting from the exposure of Thomas R. Shuman (plaintiff) to asbestos fibers released from defendant's products. Defendant failed to establish that its product could not have contributed to the causation of plaintiffs injury (see, Matter of Eighth Judicial Dist. Asbestos Litig., 255 AD2d 1002; see also, Reid v Georgia-Pacific Corp., 212 AD2d 462, 463). (Appeal from Order and Judgment of Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Murphy, J. — Summary Judgment.) Present— Lawton, J. P., Hayes, Pigott, Jr., Hurlbutt and Balio, JJ.