GROSS v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.


410 Pa.Super. 486 (1991)

600 A.2d 558

William GROSS and Rosemarie Gross, H/W v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP., Pacor, Inc., Eagle Picher Industries, Unarco Industries, Inc., Keene Corporation, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Celotex Corporation, Southern Textile Company, J.P. Stevens Company, Garlock, Inc., Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Fibreboard Corporation, GAF Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Amatex Corporation, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Nicolet Industries, Inc., H.K. Porter Company, Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc. and Armstrong World Industries. Appeal of KEENE CORPORATION. William GROSS and Rosemarie Gross, H/W v. FIBREBOARD CORPORATION, Garlock, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Johns-Manville Corp., Pacor, Inc., Eagle Picher Industries, Unarco Industries, Inc., Keene Corporation, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Celotex Corporation, Southern Textile Company, J.P. Stevens Company, Owens-Illinois Glass Company, GAF Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Amatex Corporation, Nicolet Industries, Inc., H.K. Porter Company, Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc. and Armstrong World Industries. (Two Cases) Appeal of FIBREBOARD CORPORATION and Pittsburgh Corning Corporation. (Two Cases). William GROSS and Rosemarie Gross, H/W, Appellants v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP., Pacor, Inc., Eagle Picher Industries, Unarco Industries, Inc., Keene Corporation, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Celotex Corporation, Southern Textile Company, J.P. Stevens Company, Garlock, Inc., Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Fibreboard Corporation, GAF Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Amatex Corporation, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Nicolet Industries, Inc., H.K. Porter Company, Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc. and Armstrong World Industries, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol L. Widemon, Philadelphia, for Keene Corp., appellant (at 367) and appellee (at 368, 369 & 370).

Kristine F. Collins, Philadelphia, for Gross, appellants (at 370) and appellees (at 367, 368 & 369).

George E. McDavid, Philadelphia, for Fibreboard Corp. and Pittsburgh Corning, appellants at (368 & 369) and appellees (at 367 & 370).

Before POPOVICH, HUDOCK and MONTGOMERY, JJ.


POPOVICH, Judge:

Before this Court are consolidated appeals from two orders entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. This is a case involving personal injuries as a result of exposure to asbestos at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Appeals have been filed by the plaintiffs, (the Grosses), as well as several of the defendants, (Keene Corporation, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation and Fibreboard...

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