MORGAN v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.


354 Pa.Super. 58 (1986)

511 A.2d 184

Francis L. MORGAN and Elizabeth Morgan, his wife, Appellants, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Nicolet, Inc., GAF Corporation, Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc., H.K. Porter Company, Inc., Southern Textile Corporation, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Garlock, Inc., North American Asbestos Company, Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Amatex Corporation, Delaware Asbestos and Rubber Company, Pacor, Inc., Fibreboard Corporation, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., J.P. Stevens & Company, Celotex Corporation, Unarco Industries, Turner & Newall, Ltd., Keene Corporation, and Owens-Illinois Glass Company. Frank ALICE and Theresa Alice, Appellants, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP., and Johns-Manville Sales Corp., and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., and Forty Eight Insulation Inc., and Nicolet Industries, Inc., and Pittsburgh Corning Corporation and Celotex Corporation and GAF Corporation and Armstrong Cork Company and Fiberboard Corp. and J.P. Stevens, Inc. and H.K. Porter Co., Inc. and Southern Asbestos Company and Unarco Industries Inc. and Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., and Amatex Corporation and Pacor, Inc., and Delaware Asbestos & Rubber Co., and Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. and Owens-Illinois Fiberglass Corp. Philip & Rose BAGIAN, Appellants, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Raymark Industries, Forty-Eight Industries, H.K. Porter, Southern Asbestos, Nicolet Industries, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Owens-Corning Corporation, G.A.F. Corporation, Armstrong World Industries, Unarco Industries, Eagle-Picher Industries, Delaware Asbestos and Rubber Fibreboard Corporation, Keene Corporation, Turner & Newall Ltd., Certain-Teed U.S. Rubber Co., Inc., Pacor Industries, Celotex Corporation, Amatex Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Asbestos Textile Institute, Termoid Company, Philip Carey, Garlock, Industrial Products Division, Glen Alden, Inc., Rapid American, Uni-Royal, Carolina Asbestos Co., J. Franklin Burke General Asbestos Co., Ruberoid Company, Keaseey Mattison Co., Asten Hill Manufacturing Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Greitzer, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Laurence H. Brown and Howell K. Rosenburg, Philadelphia, for appellants Bagian.

Before CAVANAUGH, WICKERSHAM and HOFFMAN, JJ.


HOFFMAN, Judge:

These are appeals from three orders of the lower court granting summary judgment in favor of appellees in three separate actions for personal injuries resulting from appellants' exposure to asbestos. Appellants contend that the court erred in holding that their claims are barred by the applicable two-year statute of limitations, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5524(2), and in thus granting summary judgment...

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