430 Pa. Super. 175 - Cochran v. GAF Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Kubrick · Pocono International Raceway, Inc. v. Pocono Produce, Inc. · Karis v. Karis · 324 Pa. Super. 123 - Cathcart v. Keene Industrial Insulation · 351 Pa. Super. 264 - Burnside v. Abbott Laboratories
Most-quoted passages
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“That [Mr. Cochran’s] cancer was causally related to his prior exposure to asbestos could have been ascertained by the exercise of reasonable diligence. The cause was to be found in the tissue removed during surgery and thereafter preserved in slides. If Cochran had consulted a physician and/or a lawyer in 1981, as he did in 1985, the presence of asbestos bodies in the tissue could have been ascertained. Indeed, even such consultation was unnecessary. By making inquiry of the surgeon who performed the surgery or the hospital where the surgery was conducted, the presence of asbestos bodies could have been ascertained. The exercise of due diligence required that inquiry be made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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