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WHEELER v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.

342 Pa.Super. 473 (1985)

493 A.2d 120

Albert WHEELER, Appellant, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Raybestos Manhattan, Inc., Forty Eight Insulation, Inc., Nicolet Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corp., GAF Corporation, Armstrong Cork Company, Unarco Industries, Inc., H.K. Porter Co., Inc., Southern Asbestos Company, Eagle Picher Industries, Inc., Delaware Asbestos & Rubber Company, Fibreboard Corporation, Pabco, Industrial Products Division, Keene Corporation, Glen Alden, Inc., Rapid American, Inc., Turner Newall, Ltd., Keasbey-Mattison Company, Certain-Teed Products Corporation, U.S. Rubber Co., Inc., Pacor, Inc., Philip Carey Manufacturing Co., Amatex Corporation, Asbestos Testile Institute, Inc., Uni-Royal, Inc., Southern Asbestos Company, H.K. Porter Co., Inc., U.S. Rubber Co., Inc., Carolina Asbestos Company, Unarco, Inc., J. Franklin Burke Co., General Asbestos Co., Asbestos Testile Co., Thermoid Company, Asten Hill Manufacturing Co., Ruberoid Company, Inc., Amatex Corporation, Pacor, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 17, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Greitzer, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Charles W. Craven, Philadelphia, for Johns-Manville, appellee.

Arthur Makadon, Philadelphia, for Raybestos, appellee.

Joseph H. Foster, Philadelphia, for Forty Eight, appellee.

Walter Meeley, Philadelphia, for Nicolet, appellee.

Edward J. David, Philadelphia, for Pittsburgh Corning, appellee.

Edward Greer, Philadelphia, for GAF, appellee.

Thomas J. Ingersoll, Philadelphia, for Armstrong, appellee.

Dudley Hughes, Philadelphia, for Unarco, appellee.

Barbara A. Pennell, Philadelphia, for Eagle, appellee.

George S. Donze, Philadelphia, for Fibreboard, appellee.

Perry S. Bechtle, Philadelphia, for Keene, appellee.

George D. Bruch, Jr., Philadelphia, for Pacor, appellee.

Andrew J. Trevelise, West Chester, for Philip, appellee.

Francis E. Shields, Philadelphia, for Amatex, appellee.

Alfred W. Putnam, Philadelphia, for Uni-Royal, appellee.

Walter S. Jenkins, Philadelphia, for Thermoid, appellee.

J. McKissock, Philadelphia, for Asten, appellee.

Before BECK, HESTER and ROBERTS, JJ.

BECK, Judge:

This is an asbestosis case. Plaintiff Albert Wheeler brought suit against the customary panoply of defendants, alleging that he contracted asbestosis as a result of being exposed to asbestos dust while working with and around defendants' products at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. The trial court granted summary judgment to defendants-appellees on the ground that the statute of limitations had run...

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