FIFFICK v. GAF CORP.


412 Pa.Super. 261 (1992)

603 A.2d 208

John J. FIFFICK, an individual, Appellant, v. GAF CORPORATION, in its own right and as Successor-in-Interest to the Ruberoid Company, Raymark Industries, Inc., in its own Right and as Successor-in-Interest to Raybestos Manhattan, Inc., the 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, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Garlock, Inc., 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., H.K. Porter Company, Inc., in its own Right and as Successor-in-Interest to Southern Textile Company, Formerly Southern Asbestos Company, Fibreboard Corporation, in its own Right and as Successor-in-Interest to Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Pabco, Plant Rubber & Asbestos Works, and Plant Asbestos Co., A.P. Green Refractories Company, Dresser Industries, Inc., and its Division Harbison Walker Refractories, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, and its Division Kaiser Refractories, and North American Refractories Company, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed February 12, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janice M. Savinis, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Daniel P. McDyer, Pittsburgh, for Gaf Corp., appellee.

Jane Charlton, Pittsburgh, for Raymark Industries, appellee.

William R. Haushalter, Pittsburgh, for Keene Corp., appellee.

Patrick R. Riley, Pittsburgh, for Owens-Corning, appellee.

John L. Vitsas, Pittsburgh, for Owens-Illinois and H.K. Porter appellees.

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

Robert M. Owsiany, Pittsburgh, for Dresser Industries, appellee.

Michael A. Martin, Pittsburgh, Kaiser Aluminum, appellee.

Charles S. Warren, Pittsburgh, for North American Refractories, appellee.

Before WIEAND, POPOVICH and MONTGOMERY, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

In this case to recover damages for injuries allegedly resulting from exposure to asbestos, the trial court held that plaintiff's evidence was insufficient to show that he had been exposed to asbestos products manufactured by Owens Corning Fiberglas Corporation and, therefore, entered summary judgment in favor of said defendant. The plaintiff, John J. Fiffick, has appealed. After careful review of the record, we affirm.

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