Supreme Court of New York, New York County, January 10, 2022
In this asbestos action, the plaintiff Ernest Cummings alleges that his lung cancer was caused by his exposure to asbestos dust when he worked as a train conductor with the Long Island Railroad from 1971 to 1996. During this time, he made stops at Penn Station, of which the defendant Amtrak took ownership in 1976. The plaintiff testified that during his more than two-decade career, all of his train routes went through Penn Station …
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