HALL v. OWENS CORNING FIBERGLASS CORP.


779 A.2d 1167 (2001)

Gloria HALL, Executrix of the Estate of Lester D. Smallwood, Appellee, v. OWENS CORNING FIBERGLASS CORP., Pittsburgh-Corning Corp., Greene Tweed & Co., Inc., AW Chesterton, Inc., Flintkote Co., Garlock, Inc., Porter-Hayden Co., Foster Wheeler Corp., Inc., Pars Manufacturing Co., JH France Refractories Co., Anchor Packing Co., AC & S Corp., Carlisle Corp., Uniroyal, Inc., Bickley Furnaces, Inc., Riley Stoker Corp., Harbison Walker Refractories, Drever Furnaces, Superior Boiler Works, Inc., Cleaver Brooks, WR Grace & Co., Crane Packing, Inc., John Crane, Inc., Rapid American Corp., Combustion Engineering, Inc., Allied Signal, Inc., Brand Insulation, Inc., Keeler Dorr-Oliver Boiler Co., Selas Corp. of America, Appellees. Appeal of: John Crane, Inc.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Abernethy, Philadelphia, for appellant.

William C. Bensley, Philadelphia, for Hall, appellee.

Before: JOHNSON, STEVENS, and LALLY-GREEN, JJ.


LALLY-GREEN, J.

¶ 1 Appellant, John Crane, Inc., appeals from the judgment entered in favor of Appellee, Gloria Hall, Executrix of the Estate of Lester D. Smallwood. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

¶ 2 The trial court offered the following summary of procedural history:

[Appellant] filed post-trial motions in this matter following a jury verdict in favor of [Appellee] regarding the deceased's claims for injuries and damages as a result...

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