CRUTCHFIELD v. EATON CORP.


806 A.2d 1259 (2002)

Henry CRUTCHFIELD, Jr., Appellant, v. EATON CORPORATION, GAF Corp., Ruberoid Co., Inc., Green, Tweed & Company, A.W. Chesterton, Inc., Quigley Company, Pfizer Corporation, United States Gypsum Co., Foster Wheeler Corporation, PARS Manufacturing Company, AC and S Corporation, Turner & Newell, Uniroyal, Inc., General Motors Corp., Brand Insulation, Inc. Selas Corporation of America, Selas Furnaces, Bickley Furnaces, Inc., Abex Corp., Keeler/Door-Boiler Co., W.R. Grace, Rite Hose Packing, Inc., Crane Packing, Borg-Warner Corporation, Rapid-American Corporation, Chrysler Corporation; Cutler Hammer Companies, Clark Controller Companies, Shepard Niles, Ford Motor Company, U.S. Mineral Products, Co., General Refractories Company, Georgia Pacific, and Pennsylvania Brake Bonding, Appellees. Wayne Bonner and Henrietta Bonner, H/W, Appellants, v. Eaton Corporation, GAF Corp., Ruberoid Co., Inc., Green, Tweed & Company, A.W. Chesterton, Inc., Quigley Company, Pfizer Corporation, United States Gypsum Co., Foster Wheeler Corporation, PARS Manufacturing Company, J.H. France Refractories, AC and S Corporation, Turner & Newell, Allied Corp., Uniroyal, Inc., Brand Insulation, Inc., Selas Corporation of America, Selas Furnaces, Bickley Furnaces, Inc., Keeler/Door-Oliver Boiler Co., Cleaver Brooks, Division of Aqua-Chem, Inc., W.R. Grace, Rite Hose Packing, Inc., a successor to Bevco Industries, Inc., Crane Packing, Rapid-American Corporation, Cutler Hammer Companies, Clark Controller Companies and Shepard Niles, Appellees. Nathan Chapman, Sr., Appellant, v. Eaton Corporation, GAF Corp., Ruberoid Co., Inc., Green, Tweed & Company, A.W. Chesterton, Inc., Quigley Company, Pfizer Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc., United States Gypsum Co., Foster Wheeler Corporation, PARS Manufacturing Company, AC and S Corporation, Turner & Newell, Allied Corp., Uniroyal, Inc., General Motors Corp., Brand Insulation, Inc., Selas Corporation of America, Selas Furnaces, Bickley Furnaces, Inc., ABEX Corp., Keeler/Door-Oliver Boiler Co., W.R. Grace, Rite Hose Packing, Inc., a successor to BEVCO Industries, Inc., Crane Packing, Borg-Warner Corporation, Rapid-American Corporation, Cutler Hammer Companies, Clark Controller Companies, Shepard Niles, Chrysler Corp., Ford Motor Company, General Refractories Company, Georgia Pacific and Pennsylvania Brake Bonding, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Bensley, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Jason Rubin, Philadelphia, for appellees.

Before: DEL SOLE, P.J., MONTEMURO and BECK, JJ.


OPINION BY DEL SOLE, P.J.

¶ 1 Appellants appeal from the order of court granting Appellees' preliminary objections and dismissing Appellants' claims for personal injuries clue to asbestos exposure. Upon review, we affirm.

¶ 2 This appeal involves three separate cases. The cases have been consolidated for appeal purposes.

Chapman

¶ 3 Appellants Nathan and Harriet Chapman filed...

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