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ALTIERE v. FIBREBOARD CORP.

421 Pa.Super. 297 (1992)

617 A.2d 1302

John ALTIERE, Appellee v. FIBREBOARD CORPORATION, PACOR, Inc., Southern Textile Corp., J.P. Stevens Co., Eagle Picher Industries, Garlock, Inc., UNARCO Industries, Inc., Keene Corp., Owens-Illinois Glass, GAF Corp., Raybestos-Manhattan, Celotex Corp., Johns-Manville Corp. Appeal of FIBREBOARD CORPORATION.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 16, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.T. Wentley, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Steven J. Cooperstein, Philadelphia, for Altiere, appellee.

Before ROWLEY, President Judge, and WIEAND, McEWEN, DEL SOLE, MONTEMURO, BECK, TAMILIA, KELLY and JOHNSON, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM:

John Altiere, in a "reverse bifurcated" trial, was awarded damages in the amount of three hundred fifty thousand ($350,000) dollars for pleural thickening, pulmonary asbestosis, with consequent exertional dyspnea (shortness of breath), and the risk of future asbestos related diseases, including cancer, against various manufacturers of asbestos products. Although the claim was thereafter settled by most manufacturer defendants, Fibreboard Corporation...

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