Frederick S. and Lynn SUMMERS, H/W, Appellees
v.
CERTAINTEED CORPORATION and Union Carbide Corporation, Appellants.
Richard Nybeck, Appellee,
v.
Union Carbide Corporation, Appellant.
Frederick S. and Lynn Summers, H/W, Appellants,
v.
Certainteed Corporation and Union Carbide Corporation, Appellees.
Richard Nybeck, Appellant
v.
Union Carbide Corporation, Appellee.
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Argued April 17, 2007.
Resubmitted May 1, 2009.
Decided July 21, 2010.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Peter J. Neeson, Rawle & Henderson, LLP, Philadelphia, for Allied Signal Inc. in No. 19 EAP 2006.
Robert B. Lawler, Stephen M. Fitzgerald, Daniela Lellis de Carvalho, Wilbraham, Lawler & Buba, P.C., Philadelphia, for Certainteed Corp. and Union Carbide Corp. in No. 19 EAP 2006.
Daniela Lellis de Carvalho, Wilbraham, Lawler & Buba, P.C., Robert N. Spinelli, Catherine Nancy Jasons, Kelley, Jasons, McGowan, Spinelli & Hanna, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Union Carbide Corp. in No. 20 EAP 2006.
Richard P. Myers, Robert E. Paul, Paul, Reich & Myers, P.C., Philadelphia, for Richard Nybeck in Nos. 20 EAP 2006 and 22 EAP 2006.
Peter J. Neeson, Carl D. Buchholz, III, Rawle & Henderson, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Allied Signal Inc. in Nos. 19 EAP 2006 and 21 EAP 2006.
Louis M. Tarasi Jr., Tarasi & Tarasi, P.C., Pittsburgh, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.
Richard P. Myers, Robert E. Paul, Paul, Reich & Myers, P.C., Philadelphia, for Frederick S. and Lynn Summers in Nos. 19 EAP 2006 and 21 EAP 2006.
William J. Smith, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., William Rudolph Adams, for John Crane, Inc. f/k/a Crane Packing in Nos. 20 EAP 2006 and 22 EAP 2006.
Robert B. Lawler, Daniela Lellis de Carvalho, Wilbraham, Lawler & Buba, P.C., Philadelphia, for Union Carbide Corp. and Certainteed in No. 21 EAP 2006.
Daniela Lellis de Carvalho, Wilbraham, Lawler & Buba, P.C., Robert N. Spinelli, Catherine Nancy Jasons, Kelley, Jasons, McGowan Spinelli & Hanna, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Union Carbide Corporation c/o CT Corporation in No. 22 EAP 2006.
Michael Lee Martinez, Crowell & Moring, L.L.P., for Amicus Curiae Coalition of Litigation Justice, Inc.
James Michael Beck, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, for Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
Kenneth M. Argentieri, David G. Klaber, K&L Gates, L.L.P., Pittsburgh, Bruce H. Bikin, Rebecca F. Kraut, Philadelphia, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, L.L.P., for Amicus Curiae The BOC Group, et al.
Appellants, Frederick Summers and Richard Nybeck, appeal the Superior Court's per curiam order, which affirmed the trial court's grant of summary judgment to Appellees, Union Carbide Corporation, Certainteed Corporation, and Allied Signal, Inc.2 After careful consideration, we reverse the Superior Court's order affirming the trial court, and remand this action...
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