Robert R. EDMOND, an individual (appellant at No. 65); Lloyd E. Kelly and Judith L. Kelly, his wife (appellants at No. 66); Joseph A. Bushless and Ruth Anne Bushless, his wife (appellants at No. 67); and Ralph Barber, an individual (appellant at No. 68)
v.
GAF CORPORATION; Raymark Industries, Inc.; the Celotex Corporation; Keene Corporation; Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Garlock, Inc.; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; H.K. Porter Company, Inc.; Fibreboard Corporation; Anchor Packing Company; A.P. Green Refractories Company; Southern Textile Corporation; the Gage Company; Gateway Industrial Supply; A-Best Products Company; John Crane-Houdaille, Inc.; Insul Company, Inc.; Foster Wheeler Corporation; the Sager Corporation; Dresser Industries, Inc.; Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation; Foseco, Inc.; General Refractories Company; J.H. France Refractories Company; North American Refractories Company; Quigley Company, Inc.; Theim Corporation; TYK Refractories Company; and W.R. Grace Company, Hedman Mines, Limited and McClain Firebrick Company.
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Argued September 22, 1992.
Decided December 4, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joel Persky, Ann E.L. Shapiro, Henderson & Goldberg, P.C., Antonio D. Pyle, Pittsburgh, for appellants.
William R. Haushalter, Rosenberg, Kirshner, P.A., Pittsburgh, for Keene Corp. and Eagle Picher Industries, Inc.
Ollie Harton, Freeman & Hawkins, Anna Marie Silvaggio, Swensen & Perer, Atlanta, Ga., Dan McDyer, Anstandig, Levicoff & McDyer, Pittsburgh, for GAF Corp., Armstrong World Industries, A.P. Green Refractories Co., The Gage Co. & Quigley Co., Inc.
Patrick R. Riley, Frederick E. Orlansky, Patrick A. Hewitt, Riley & DeFalice, P.C., Pittsburgh, for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
John Bacharach, Bacharach & Klein, Pittsburgh, for Garlock, Inc.
James J. Lotz, Richard A. Curtis, White & Williams, Pittsburgh, for H.K. Porter Co., Inc.
John Repcheck, Sharlock, Repcheck & Mahler, Pittsburgh, for Anchor Packing Co.
Kathy Condo, John Vitsas, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, for Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corp., Fibreboard Corp., and W.R. Grace Co.
James F. Israel, Israel & Wood, Pittsburgh, for General Refractories Co.
James Ehrman, Gretchen J. Fitzer, Tighe, Evan & Ehrman, Pittsburgh, for John Crane-Houdaille, Inc.
Robert Owsiany, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh, for Dresser Industries, Inc.
Michael Martin, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh, for Kaiser Aluminum Corp.
Dennis S.J. Mulvihill, Robb, Leonard & Mulvihill, Pittsburgh, for J.H. France Refractories Co.
Kenneth Robb, Doherty & Robb, Pittsburgh, for Hedman Mines Ltd.
Edward Olszewski, Richard C. Polley, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., Pittsburgh, for Foresco, Inc. & Sagar Corp.
Leo S. Daly, Grogan, Graffam McGinley & Lucchino, P.C., Pittsburgh, for TYK Refractories Co.
Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Motions to Quash granted.
ZAPPALA, J., files a concurring statement in which CAPPY, J., joins.
LARSEN, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.
ZAPPALA, Justice, concurring.
I join in the order granting the Motion to Quash. I write separately to emphasize that conduct of an inferior court that impedes or prejudices the administration of justice will not go unchecked. Article...
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