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`SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
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`TROY SHANE SMITH and ALLYSON JANE
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`PLAINTIFFS’ STATEMENT
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`ASBESTOS LITIGATION
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`Plaintiffs,
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`PLEASE STATE:
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`Nature of Action:
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`Personal Injury
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`Wrongful Death
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`PLEASE STATE AS TO PLAINTIFF:
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`Full Name: Troy Shane Smith
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`Address:
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`2600 Stillwater Court, Flower Mound, TX 75022
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`Date of Birth: XX/XX/1970
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`Social Security Number: To be provided
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`PLEASE STATE FOR PLAINTIFF'S SPOUSE:
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`Full Name: Allyson Jane Smith
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`Address:
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`2600 Stillwater Court, Flower Mound, TX 75022
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`Date of Birth: XX/XX/1973
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`Social Security Number: To be provided
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`PLEASE STATE FOR DECEDENT (WHERE APPROPRIATE):
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`Full Name:
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`Last Address:
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`Date of Birth:
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`13.
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`Social Security Number:
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`Date and Place of Death:
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`Cause of Death:
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`Indicate which of the following types of activity resulted in plaintiff’s/decedent’s alleged
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`exposure to asbestos:
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`Insulating trade
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`Boiler trade
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`Construction trade
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`Plant worker
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`Brake lining or friction worker
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`Non-occupational (indicate site)
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`Railroad
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`Other (describe)
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`Primary Work Sites: Lawn mowing; construction work; Papa Aldo’s Pizza;
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`secondhand exposure from father’s work
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`Date of First Exposure: Approximately 1980s
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`Date of Last Exposure: Approximately 1987
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`Asbestos Containing Products To Which Plaintiff/Decedent Was Allegedly Exposed (If
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`Known): Plaintiff contends he was exposed to a variety of asbestos-containing products
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`and asbestos containing machinery and equipment at his various worksites through his
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`own use of these products and product use by his co-workers.
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`Nature of alleged asbestos related illness: Mesothelioma
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`Date of diagnosis: On or about July 18, 2023
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`Has plaintiff or did decedent ever smoke cigarettes?
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`Yes_____
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`If so, state the number of years and the number of packs per day of plaintiff's/decedent's
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`smoking: Plaintiff is a lifelong non-smoker
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`Has plaintiff been or was decedent exposed to non-asbestos containing products or
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`substances which have demonstrated to cause or contribute to lung disease, injury or
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`dysfunction? No.
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`If so, state all such products or substances: N/A.
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`Prior asbestos actions: None.
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`Dated: New York, New York
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`November 14, 2023
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`Yours etc.,
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`BELLUCK & FOX, LLP
`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`546 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor
`New York, New York 10036
`(212) 681-1575
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`By:/s/ Joseph W. Belluck, Esq.
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`Joseph W. Belluck, Esq.
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`SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
`COUNTY OF ERIE
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`TROY SHANE SMITH and ALLYSON JANE
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`v.
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`84 LUMBER COMPANY, et al.,
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`CERTIFICATION
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`Plaintiffs,
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`Defendants.
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`Joseph W. Belluck, Esq., an attorney duly admitted to practice before the Courts of the State
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`of New York, hereby certifies in accordance with 22 NYCRR Part 130-1.1-a of the Rules of the
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`Chief Administrator that to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, which was formed
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`after a reasonable inquiry under the circumstances, the presentation of the annexed Plaintiff's
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`Statement and it contents are not frivolous.
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`Dated: New York, New York
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`November 14, 2023
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`Yours etc.,
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`BELLUCK & FOX, LLP
`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`546 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor
`New York, New York 10036
`(212) 681-1575
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`By:/s/ Joseph W. Belluck, Esq.
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`Joseph W. Belluck, Esq.
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