MATTER OF NEW YORK CITY ASBESTOS LITIG.

12249, 190281/12, 190340/12, 190360/12, 190512/12, 190129/13

116 A.D.3d 572 (2014)

984 N.Y.S.2d 335

In the Matter of NEW YORK CITY ASBESTOS LITIGATION. ROBERT GERMAIN, SR., Respondent, v. A.O. SMITH WATER PRODUCTS CO. et al., Defendants, and LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant. DANIEL E. VALENSI, Respondent, v. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATION, as Successor by Merger to BUFFALO PUMPS, INC., et al, Defendants, and LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant. VASHTEE ANTLE, Respondent, v. A.O. SMITH WATER PRODUCTS CO. et al., Defendants, and LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant. JANEED KHAN, Respondent, v. 3M COMPANY, Individually and as Successor to MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, et al., Defendants, and LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant. LAURENCE CUNNINGHAM et al., Respondents, v. 3M COMPANY et al., Defendants, and LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided April 17, 2014.


In this action for personal injuries allegedly due to asbestos exposure while plaintiffs were employed by Jenkins Bros., a dissolved New Jersey corporation, appellant insurance company, Jenkins' liability insurer during the relevant time periods, maintains that Jenkins is not amenable to suit based on its bankruptcy and subsequent dissolution. The plain language of the New Jersey dissolution statute, which governs here, provides for a corporation that has been dissolved to...

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