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SYMBULA v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.

514 Pa. 527 (1987)

526 A.2d 328

Edith SYMBULA, Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph J. Symbula, Deceased, and Edith Symbula, in her own right, Appellee, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION and Johns-Manville Sales Corp., Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc., Nipolet Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corp., GAF Corp., Celotex Corp., Armstrong Cork Company, Inc., Unarco Industries, Inc., H.K. Porter Co., Inc., Southern Asbestos Co., Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Amatex Corp., Delaware Asbestos & Rubber Co., Pacor, Inc., Fiberboard Corp., Keene Corp., Garlock, Inc., J.P. Stevens, Inc., and Turner-Newall, Ltd., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 27, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. McGuire, John Patrick Kelley, Krusen, Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Martin Greitzer, Jonathan W. Miller, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

The appellee, Edith Symbula, filed wrongful death and survival actions in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia on January 24, 1979, alleging that her husband died on September 27, 1976 as a result of exposure to asbestos products manufactured, sold, and supplied by the appellant asbestos companies. Inasmuch as more than two years elapsed from the date of death until the...

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