Supreme Court of New Jersey July 27, 1998 (James v. Bessemer Processing Co.)

STEIN, J..

The critical issue presented by this appeal concerns the specificity of proofs required to entitle plaintiff to a jury trial on the question whether decedent’s stomach and liver cancer was proximately caused by prolonged, frequent and repetitive exposure to defendants’ petroleum and chemical products that contained no warning of their hazardous propensities.