YATES v. PACOR, INC.


352 Pa.Super. 335 (1986)

507 A.2d 1258

Robert & Elizabeth YATES, Appellants, v. PACOR, INC., Eagle-Picher Industries, J.P. Stevens Co., GAF Corporation, Keene Corp., Raymark Industries, Inc., Celotex Corporation, Southern Textile Company, H.K. Porter Company, Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc., Garlock, Inc., Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Fiberboard Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Nicolet Industries, Inc., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Nosroc (Formerly G. & W.H. Corson), U.S. Gypsum Flintkote, National Gypsum, Star Industrial, Cooney Brothers, Barker Pipe Fittings, PA Welding Supply, Esco Electrical Supply, Rumsey Electric Company, Herman Goldner, Kent Tile, C.E. McCormick Essex Chemical Corporation, Bondex International, Inc., M. Buten & Sons, M.A. Bruder & Sons, Muralo Company, Inc., I.P.A. Systems, Inc., Carey Canadian.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed April 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel G. Childs, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Before OLSZEWSKI, TAMILIA and KELLY, JJ.


TAMILIA, Judge:

On June 7, 1983, plaintiff/appellant instituted the instant action by filing a complaint in assumpsit, trespass and admiralty against various manufacturers and suppliers of asbestos products. Appellant alleges he suffers from injuries caused in part by his inhalation of asbestos.

On January 16, 1985, after the original defendants had been served, appellant filed his third reinstated complaint...

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