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VOLPE v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.

323 Pa.Super. 130 (1983)

470 A.2d 164

Amedeo VOLPE and Anne C. Volpe, H/W, Appellants, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Raybestos-Manhattan Inc., Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc., Nicolet Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, GAF Corporation, Celotex Corporation, Armstrong Cork Company, Unarco Industries, H.K. Porter Co., Inc., Southern Asbestos Company, J.P. Stevens Inc., Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Amatex Corporation, Delaware Asbestos and Rubber Company, Pacor, Inc., Fibreboard Corporation, Keene Corporation, Carlock, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 23, 1983.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied May 10, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Greitzer, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Lowell A. Reed, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellees.

Before CERCONE, President Judge and SPAETH, HESTER, CAVANAUGH, WICKERSHAM, WIEAND and HOFFMAN, JJ.

WICKERSHAM, Judge:

In this case we are asked to decide whether admiralty law, rather than the Pennsylvania statute of limitations, is applicable to Amedeo Volpe's claims that his asbestosis is due to defendants' conduct. This litigation began in 1977, when Amedeo Volpe, formerly a civilian employee at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, filed a complaint in trespass and assumpsit against Johns-Manville Corporation and numerous other defendants (hereinafter known as Defendants...

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