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WELDON v. CELOTEX CORP.

No. 82-1245.

695 F.2d 67 (1982)

Emma WELDON, Administratrix of the Estate of Monroe Weldon, deceased, Appellant, v. The CELOTEX CORPORATION, Successor in interest to Panacon Corporation and Philip Carey Manufacturing Company, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Rubin (argued), Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin & Maxwell, Lansdale, Pa., for appellant.

Michael J. Plevyak (argued), Malcolm & Riley, P.C., West Chester, Pa., for appellee The Celotex Corp.

Before WEIS, BECKER and VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

In this negligence action plaintiff seeks damages for the death of her husband caused by exposure to asbestos on the job. In the alternative, she presents a claim for aggravation of the disease caused by the employer's failure to warn decedent after his employment ended of the risks to his health. At the time relevant to this appeal, the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act compensated victims of asbestosis and...

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