Cabot (D) operated a beryllium manufacturing facility. Debiec (P) died in April 2000 at the age of 57. Her autopsy showed that the cause of death was Chronic Beryllium Disease. Russo (P) filed their action on May 24, 2001, alleging that P had been diagnosed with CBD on June 25, 1999. Russo died on February 5, 2002; her death certificate identified the causes of death as respiratory failure, pulmonary fibrosis, and CBD. Russo filed an action on May 24, 2001. Reeser (P) brought a personal injury and wrongful death claims on June 6, 2001, as the administratrix of the estate of her mother, Geneva Bare, who died in November 2000 of CBD. Branco (P) died of lung fibrosis due to CBD in June of 1999.

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