COLLINS v. WALTER C. BEST, INC.


306 Pa.Super. 4 (1982)

451 A.2d 1362

John A. COLLINS and Virginia Collins, his wife v. WALTER C. BEST, INC., a corporation, Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation, a corporation, Emerald Industrial Supply Company, a corporation, Millwood Sand Company, a corporation, and Summitt Silican Sand Company, a corporation v. BUCYRUS-ERIE COMPANY and Textron Inc., Pittron Division. Appeal of PENNSYLVANIA GLASS SAND CORPORATION.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 22, 1982.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied October 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Andrews, Jr., Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Fred C. Trenor, Pittsburgh, for Bucyrus-Erie, appellee.

James F. Manley, Pittsburgh, for Textron, appellee.

Before SPAETH, JOHNSON and HOFFMAN, JJ.


SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order entering summary judgment. Plaintiff-husband suffers from silicosis. He and his wife have sued the companies that manufactured or supplied the products exposure to which caused his silicosis. The question is whether those companies may join plaintiff-husband's employers as additional defendants. The lower court held that the Act of December 5, 1974, P.L. 782, No. 263 § 6, 77 P.S. § 481, precludes joinder. We...

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