Medical Monitoring Cases - Mass Injury and Toxic Substance Exposure

The following courts have recognized medical monitoring claims, in one form or another, in toxic substance exposure cases or mass-injury tort cases arising from single incidents: Barnes v. the American Tobacco Co., 161 F.3d 127 (3d Cir. 1998); In Re Paoli Railroad Yard PCB Litigation, 916 F.2d 829 (3d Cir. 1990) (Pennsylvania case); Friends for All Children, Inc. v. Lockheed Aircraft Corp., 241 U.S. App. D.C. 83, 746 F.2d 816 (D.C. Cir. 1984) (District of Columbia case); Hagerty v. L & L Marine Services, Inc., 788 F.2d 315 (5th Cir.) modified on other grounds, 797 F.2d 256 (5th Cir. 1986); Potter v. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., 863 P.2d 795 (Ca. 1993); Ayers v. Township of Jackson, 525 A.2d 287 (N.J. 1987); Redland Soccer Club, Inc. v. Dep't. of the Army, 696 A.2d 137 (Pa. 1997); Hansen v. Mountain Fuel Supply Co., 858 P.2d 970 (Utah 1993); Bower v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.(W.Va.1999); Burns v. Taguays Mining Corp., 752 P.2d 28 (Ariz. Ct. App. (1987); Meyerhoff v. Turner Construction Co., 509 N.W.2d 847 (Mich. App. 1993), holding reaffirmed in Meyerhoff v. Turner Construction Co., 534 N.W.2d 204 (1995); Gibbs v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 876 F. Supp. 475 (W.D.N.Y. 1995) (New York case); Day v. NLO, 851 F. Supp. 869 (S.D. Ohio 1994); Bocook v. Ashland Oil, Inc., 819 F. Supp. 530 (S.D. W. Va. 1993) (applying Kentucky law); Cook v. Rockwell Int'l Corp., 778 F. Supp. 512, 515 (D. Colo. 1991); Bourgeois v. A.P. Green Industries, Inc., 716 So. 2d 355 (La. 1998), reh'g denied (Sept. 4, 1998) (however, the Louisiana legislature has since passed legislation nullifying the Bourgeois opinion).