COCHRAN v. GAF CORP.


542 Pa. 210 (1995)

666 A.2d 245

Shirley COCHRAN, Administratrix of the Estate of William A. Cochran, Deceased, and Shirley Cochran, 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, Combustion Engineering, Inc., Successor-In-Interest to Dietrich Company, Fibreboard Corporation, General Refractories Company, A.P. Green Refractories Company, Carey-Canada, Inc. Successor-In-Interest To Carey Canadian Mines, Ltd., and Quebec Asbestos Corp., Anchor Packing Company, Universal Refractories, Division of Theim Corporation, A Subsidiary of Koppers, Ferro Engineering, Division of Oglebay Norton Company, Foseco, Inc., Allied Glove Corporation, BMI, Inc., Harbison-Walker Refractories, Inc., Pittsburgh Gage Company, F.B. Wright Company, George V. Hamilton, Inc., North American Refractories Company, Division of Eltra Corporation, and Kaiser Refractories, Division of Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Hedman Mines, Ltd., Argo Packing Company, Flexitallic Gasket Corporation, Foster Wheeler Corporation, In Its Own Right and as Successor-In-Interest to Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc., Nichias Corporation, Safety First Industries, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tybe A. Brett, Vickie L. Gensler, John M. Burkoff, Goldberg, Persky, Jennings & White, P.C., Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Kathy K. Condo, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, for Pittsburgh Corning Corporation and Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Patrick R. Riley, Gary F. Roberson, Riley, McNulty & Hewitt, Pittsburgh, for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation.

William David Geiger, Davies, McFarland & Carroll, P.C., Pittsburgh, for Safety First Industries, Inc.

Miles A. Kirshner, Rosenberg Kirshner, P.A., Todd P. Pruga, Pittsburgh, for Keene Corporation.

Alan H. Perer, Anna Maria Sosso, John C. Bogut, Jr., Swensen, Perer & Johnson, Pittsburgh, for GAF Corporation, Armstrong World Industries, Inc., A.P. Green Refractories & Flexitallic Gasket Corporation.

R. Kenneth Willman, Concetta A. Silvaggio, Ruth Antinone, John H. Kooser, Willman & Arnold, Pittsburgh, for A-Best Products Company & George V. Hamilton, Inc.

Kenneth S. Robb, for Hedman Mines, Ltd.

Robert Owsiany, Richard H. Taylor, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh, for Harbison-Walker Refractories, Inc.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.


OPINION

MONTEMURO, Justice.

Appellant, Shirley Cochran, appeals from an order and memorandum opinion of the Superior Court affirming an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County granting Appellees' motion for summary judgment based upon the statute of limitations.

The issue presented in this case1 is whether the trial court properly held that Appellant's claims were barred by the statute of limitations...

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