FARMER v. GENERAL REFRACTORIES CO.


271 Pa.Super. 349 (1979)

413 A.2d 701

Joseph B. FARMER v. GENERAL REFRACTORIES COMPANY, a corporation, A.P. Green Refractories Company, a corporation, and Harbison-Walker Refractories Division of Dresser Industries, Inc., Defendants, v. MESTA MACHINE COMPANY, a corporation, United Steelworkers of America, and United Steelworkers of America, Local 1229, Additional Defendants. Appeal of HARBISON-WALKER REFRACTORIES and General Refractories Company, a corporation.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avrum Levicoff, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Rudolph L. Milasich, Jr., Pittsburgh, for appellees.

Before VAN der VOORT, SPAETH and WATKINS, JJ.


SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for an extension of time within which to join an additional defendant.1

On October 25, 1977, Joseph B. Farmer filed a complaint alleging that in the course of his employment with the Mesta Machine Company, he had contracted silicosis from exposure to refractory products manufactured by the General Refractories Company and other named defendants. General Refractories...

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