LIGATTI v. E.I. DUPONT CORP.


542 Pa. 359 (1995)

667 A.2d 213

Joseph LIGATTI and Margaret Ligatti, H/W v. E.I. DUPONT CORPORATION, The Celotex Corporation, GAF Corporation, Nicolet Industries, Inc., Southern Asbestos Company, Fibreboard Company, Inc., Keene Corporation, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Owens-Corning Fibreglas Company, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Raymark Inc. Appeal of OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. Daniel INSOGNA and Ellen Insogna, H/W v. E.I. DuPONT CORPORATION, The Celotex Corporation, GAF Corporation, Nicolet Industries, Inc., Southern Asbestos Company, Fibreboard Corporation, H.K. Porter Company, Inc., Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Owens-Corning Fibreglas Company, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Raymark Inc. Appeal of OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. Walter James MacDONALD and Helen MacDonald, H/W v. The CELOTEX CORPORATION, GAF Corporation, Nicolet Industries, Inc., Southern Asbestos Company, H.K. Porter Company, Inc., Keene Corporation, Eagle-Picher Industries, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Company, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Raymark, Inc., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Fibreboard Corporation, Garlock, Inc., Pacor, Inc., Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc., and Delaware Asbestos & Rubber Company. Appeal of OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. Francis George SIMMONS and Katherine Simmons, H/W v. E.I. DuPONT CORPORATION, The Celotex Corporation, GAF Corporation, H.K. Porter Company, Inc., Keene Corporation, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Owens-Corning Fiberglas Company, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation. Appeal of OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly Waldron, Nathan A. Schactman, Cherry Hill, NJ, for Owens-Illinois.

James F. Hammill, Cherry Hill, NJ, Pro Hac Vice, for Owens-Illinois.

Dolores M. Troiani, Paoli, for Daniel & Ellen Insogna.

Randy H. Kaplan, Jenkintown, for Walter & Helen MacDonald and Francis & Katherine Simmons.

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


Prior report: 430 Pa.Super. 656, 630 A.2d 469; 539 Pa. 693, 653 A.2d 1231

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently granted.

MONTEMURO, J., participates by designation as a senior judge as provided by Pa.R.J...

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