Joseph Edward MARTIN, Appellee
v.
JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc., 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 OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc., Celotex Corporation, Combustion Engineering, Inc. and Owens-Illinois, Inc.
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Argued September 14, 1984.
Decided June 28, 1985.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Patrick R. Riley, Egler, Anstandig, Garrett & Riley, Pittsburgh, for appellants.
Charles Kirshner, Pittsburgh, for Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.
James C. Tosh, Beaver, for Forty-eight Insulation, Inc.
Richard G. Lewis and Kathleen S. McAllister, Pittsburgh, for Celotex Corp.
William R. Caroselli, Pittsburgh, for Joseph Edward Martin.
Gerald C. Paris, Pittsburgh, for Pittsburgh Corning Corp.
Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
HUTCHINSON, Justice.
Appellants,1 manufacturers of products containing asbestos, appeal by allowance Superior Court's order reversing an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. Common Pleas had denied a motion for a new trial by appellee, an insulation worker, who claimed he was tortiously injured as a result of exposure to asbestos while installing appellants' products...
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