Case Name: In the Matter of Jeanne Steinhardt, as Executrix of James McKee, Jr., Deceased, Appellant, v. Johns-Manville Corporation et al., Respondents; Stanley Rosenberg et al., Appellants, v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation et al., Respondents; Jerome Brenner et al., Appellants, v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation et al., Respondents; Dorothy Cohen, as Administratrix of the Estate of Emanuel Cohen, Deceased, Appellant, v. Johns-Manville Products Corporation et al., Respondents; Rose Failla, as Administratrix of the Estate of Vincent Failla, Deceased, Appellant, v. Johns-Manville Products Corporation et al., Respondents; Joseph Ferrarese et al., Appellants, v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation et al., Respondents; Rose Weinberg, as Administratrix of the Estate of Albert Weinberg, Deceased, Appellant, v. Johns-Manville Products Corporation et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1981-12-22
Citations: 55 N.Y.2d 802
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Jeanne Steinhardt, as Executrix of James McKee, Jr., Deceased, Appellant, v Johns-Manville Corporation et al., Respondents. Stanley Rosenberg et al., Appellants, v Johns-Manville Sales Corporation et al., Respondents. Jerome Brenner et al., Appellants, v Johns-Manville Sales Corporation et al., Respondents. Dorothy Cohen, as Administratrix of the Estate of Emanuel Cohen, Deceased, Appellant, v Johns-Manville Products Corporation et al., Respondents. Rose Failla, as Administratrix of the Estate of Vincent Failla, Deceased, Appellant, v Johns-Manville Products Corporation et al., Respondents. Joseph Ferrarese et al., Appellants, v Johns-Manville Sales Corporation et al., Respondents. Rose Weinberg, as Administratrix of the Estate of Albert Weinberg, Deceased, Appellant, v Johns-Manville Products Corporation et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 55
Pages: 802–803

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Jeanne Steinhardt, as Executrix of James McKee, Jr., Deceased, Appellant, v Johns-Manville Corporation et al., Respondents. Stanley Rosenberg et al., Appellants, v Johns-Manville Sales Corporation et al., Respondents. Jerome Brenner et al., Appellants, v Johns-Manville Sales Corporation et al., Respondents. Dorothy Cohen, as Administratrix of the Estate of Emanuel Cohen, Deceased, Appellant, v Johns-Manville Products Corporation et al., Respondents. Rose Failla, as Administratrix of the Estate of Vincent Failla, Deceased, Appellant, v Johns-Manville Products Corporation et al., Respondents. Joseph Ferrarese et al., Appellants, v Johns-Manville Sales Corporation et al., Respondents. Rose Weinberg, as Administratrix of the Estate of Albert Weinberg, Deceased, Appellant, v Johns-Manville Products Corporation et al., Respondents.
Submitted November 16, 1981;
decided December 22, 1981

Opinion:
Motion by plaintiff Steinhardt to amend the remittitur granted, return of the remittitur requested and, when returned, it will be amended by adding thereto the following: Upon the appeal herein there was presented and necessarily passed upon a question under the Constitution of .the United States, viz.: Whether the holding that the plaintiff's causes of action accrued and the Statutes of Limitations commenced when the employment-related exposure to asbestos particles occurred deprived plaintiff of due process of law.
On the court's own motion, in Rosenberg et al., return of the remittitur requested and, when returned, it will be amended by adding thereto the following: Upon the appeal herein there was presented and necessarily passed upon a question under the Constitution of the United States, viz.: Whether the holding that the plaintiffs' causes of action accrued and the Statutes of Limitations commenced when the employment-related exposure to asbestos particles occurred deprived plaintiffs of due process of law. [See 54 NY2d 1008.]