PAPARELLI v. GAF CORP.


379 Pa.Super. 62 (1988)

549 A.2d 597

Antonette PAPARELLI, Administratrix of the Estate of Paul E. Paparelli, Deceased, and Antonette Paparelli, in her Own Right v. GAF CORPORATION; Raymark Industries, Inc.; Celotex Corporation; Keene Building Products Company; Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Garlock, Inc.; A-Best Products Company, Inc.; H.K. Porter Company, Inc.; The Gage Company; Gateway Industrial Supply; D.A.R. Industrial Products, Inc.; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; Armstrong World Industries; and Nicolet Industries, Inc. Appeal of A-BEST PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC., and the Gage Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Concetta Silvaggio, Pittsburgh, for A-Best, appellant.

Bryan Campbell, Pittsburgh, for Gage Co., appellant.

Thomas W. White, Pittsburgh, for Paparelli, appellee.

Jane Charlton, Pittsburgh, for Raymark Industries, appellee.

John A. Bacharach, Pittsburgh, for Garlock, Inc., appellee.

Dale K. Forsythe, Pittsburgh, for Gateway, appellee.

David P. Helwig, Pittsburgh, for D.A.R., appellee.

Thomas R. Wright, Pittsburgh, for Eagle-Picher and Owens-Corning, appellees.

Before BROSKY, JOHNSON and MELINSON, JJ.


JOHNSON, Judge:

A-Best Products Company, Inc. (A-Best), and the Gage Company (Gage), two of sixteen original defendants in this action, seek appellate review of the the order entered April 23, 1987 denying their respective motions for summary judgment. We affirm.

On May 8, 1985, plaintiff, Antonette Paparelli, brought this civil suit claiming that her decedent, Paul E. Paparelli, died on July 8, 1984 from his exposure to asbestos-containing products while...

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