Dorothy SAMARIN, Executrix of the Estate of Jack G. Samarin, deceased and Dorothy Samarin, in Her own Right, Appellant,
v.
GAF CORPORATION; Raymark Industries, Inc.; Celotex Corporation, Successor-In-Interest to Philip Carey Manufacturing Company; Philip Carey Corporation; Briggs Manufacturing Company and/or Panacon Corporation; Keene Building Products Corporation; Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Garlock, Inc.; A-Best Products Company; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Nicolet Industries, Inc.; Successor-In-Interest to Keasby & Mattison; H.K. Porter Company, Inc.; Successor-In-Interest to Southern Textile Company, formerly Southern Asbestos Company; Pittsburgh Gage & Supply Company; Gateway Industrial Supply and Abex Corporation, Appellees.
Robert L. CARTWRIGHT and Arglye Cartwright, his Wife, Appellants,
v.
GAF CORPORATION; Raymark Industries, Inc.; Celotex Corporation, Successor-In-Interest to Philip Carey Manufacturing Company; Philip Carey Corporation; Briggs Manufacturing Company and/or Panacon Corporation; Keene Building Products Corporation; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Garlock, Inc.; A-Best Products Company; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Nicolet Industries, Inc.; Successor-In-Interest to Keasby & Mattison; H.K. Porter Company, Inc.; Successor-In-Interest to Southern Textile Company, formerly Southern Asbestos Company; Pittsburgh Gage & Supply Company; Gateway Industrial Supply and Abex Corporation, Appellees.
Marcia BYERS, D.B.N., C.T.A., Administratrix of the Estate of Early Byers, deceased and John E. Byers, Marcia E. Byers, and Mark A. Byers, Executors of the Estate of Mary Byers, deceased, Appellants,
v.
GAF CORPORATION in its own Right as Successor-In-Interest to the Ruberoid Company; Raymark Industries, Inc., in its own Right and Successor-In-Right to Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.; Celotex Corporation in its own Right and Successor-In-Interest to the Philip Carey Manufacturing Company; Philip Carey Corporation; Briggs Manufacturing Company and/or Panacon Corporation; Keene Corporation in its own Right and as Successor-In-Interest to Baldwin Hill Co.; Baldwin-Ehret-Hill, Inc.; Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Company and to the Insulation Division of Mundet Cork Company, to Mundet Company and to Keene Building Products Corporation Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Garlock, Inc.; A-Best Products Company; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; Armstrong World Industries, Inc., in its own Right and as Successor-In-Interest to Armstrong Cork Co., and Armstrong Contracting and Supply Co.; Nicolet Industries, Inc., in its own Right and Successor-In-Interest to Keasby & Mattison, Co.; H.K. Porter Company, Inc., in its own Right as Successor-In-Interest to Southern Textile Company, formerly Southern Asbestos Company; the Gage Company, formerly Pittsburgh Gage & Supply Company; Gateway Industrial Supply and Abex Corporation, Friction Products Division, Appellees.
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Argued April 12, 1989.
Filed September 28, 1989.
Reargument Denied March 22, 1990.