MARTIN v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.


322 Pa.Super. 348 (1983)

469 A.2d 655

Joseph Edward MARTIN, Appellant at No. 1323 Pgh. 1982, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Eagle-Pitcher Industries, Inc., Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc., the Celotex Corporation, Keene Corporation, Unarco Industries, Inc., Combustion Engineering Inc., and Raybestos Manhattan, Inc. v. INDUSTRIAL FURNACE SUPPLIES, INC., v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. Appeal of COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC., at No. 1322 Pgh. 1982.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 2, 1983.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Granted April 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Willman, Pittsburgh, for Combustion Engineering, appellant (at No. 1322) and appellee (at No. 1323).

William R. Caroselli, Pittsburgh, for Martin, appellant (at No. 1323) and appellee (at No. 1322).

Patrick R. Riley, Pittsburgh, for Owens-Corning, appellee.

Kathleen S. McAllister, Pittsburgh, for Celotex, appellee.

John W. Jordan, IV, Pittsburgh, for Raybestos, appellee.

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


SPAETH, Judge:

This case arises on an appeal and cross-appeal. Appellant, Joseph Edward Martin,1 seeks compensatory and punitive damages for asbestosis and related diseases. He received a verdict, but in his view it was inadequate and he asks us to reverse the trial court's denial of his motion for a new trial limited to the issue of damages. He argues that the trial court erred in...

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