ANDALORO v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.


799 A.2d 71 (2002)

Charlotte ANDALORO, Appellee, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., AC & S Corp., Celotex Corporation, Eagle Picher Industries, Inc., Fiberboard Corp., Gas Corporation, Garlock, Inc., H.K. Porter Co., Inc., Keene Corporation, National Gypsum Co., Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp., Owens Brockway Glass Container, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corp., Raymark Industries, Inc., Southern Textile Co., Turner-Newall, Ltd., U.S. Gypsum Co., Flextallic Gasket Co., Anchor Packing Co., John Crane, Inc. Appeal of: John Crane, Inc., Appellant. Ralph Swan, Appellee, v. Rapid American Corp., AC & S Corp., Anchor Packing Co., AW Chesterton, Inc., John Crane, Inc., Garlock, Inc., Goulds Pumps, Inc., Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp., Owens Brockway Glass Container, Inc., Studebaker Worthington, Inc., Uniroyal, Inc., Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Inc., WR Grace & Co., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Fibreboard Corp., GAF Corporation. Appeal of: John Crane, Inc., Appellant. Harold and Marion Ruby, Appellees, v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc., AP Green Refractories Co., Allied Signal, Inc., Anchor Packing Co., Celotex Corp., Combustion Engineering, Inc., John Crane, Inc., Eagle Picher Industries, Inc., Flextallic Gasket Co., GAF Corporation, Garlock, Inc., General Refractories Company, H.K. Porter Co., Inc., Keene Corporation, National Gypsum Co., Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp., Owens Brockway Glass Container, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corp., Southern Textile Co., Turner-Newall, Ltd., U.S. Gypsum Co., Weil-McClain Co. Appeal of: John Crane, Inc., Appellant. James J. and Frances L. Greenhalgh, H/W, Appellees, v. National Gypsum Co., Hajoca Plumbing Co., H.B. Smith, Inc., Columbia Boiler Company of Pottstown Weil-McClain Co., Melrath Gasket Company, Inc., Melrath Gasket Holding Co., Inc., John Crane, Inc., Flextallic Gasket Co., Hopeman Brothers, Inc., McCardle Desco, Inc., Keeler/Door Oliver, Inc. Appeal of: John Crane, Inc. Edward C. and Doris Burkett, Appellees, v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc., AP Green Refactories Co., Brand Insulationas, Inc., Flintkote Co., Foster Wheeler Corp, Inc., Maremont Corp., Porter-Hayden Co., Westinghouse Electric Corp., AC & S Corp., Celotex Corp., Eagle Picher Industries, Inc., Fiberboard Corp., Flextallic Gasket Co., GAF Corporation, Garlock, Inc., HK Porter Co., Inc., Keene Corporation, National Gypsum Co., Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp., Owens Brockway Glass Container, Inc., Pittsburgh-Corning Corp., Raymark Industries, Inc., Southern Textile Co., Turner-Newall, Ltd., U.S. Gypsum Co., Certain-Teed Corp. Inc., Melrath Gasket, Inc., Anchor Packing Co. Appeal of: John Crane, Inc., Appellant. Charlotte Andaloro, Executrix of the Estate of Franklin Andaloro, Appellant, v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc., AC & S Corp, Anchor Packing Co., Inc., John Crane, Inc., et al. Appeal of: Charlotte Andaloro, Executrix of the Estate of Franklin Andaloro. James J. and Frances L. Greenhalgh, H/W, Appellants, v. Raymark Industries, Inc., HK Porter Co., Inc., Eagle Picher Industries, Inc., Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp., John Crane, Inc., Appellee, et al. Appeal of: James J. and Frances L. Greenhalgh, H/W. Edward C. and Doris Burkett, H/W, Appellants, v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Anchor Packing Co., Inc., AP Green Refactories Co., John Crane, Inc., Appellee, et al. Appeal of: Edward C. and Doris Burkett, H/W. Ralph Swan and Elizabeth Swan, H/W, Appellants, v. Rapid American Corporation, AC & S, Inc., Anchor Packing Co., Inc., A.W. Chesterton, Inc., John Crane, Inc., Appellee, et al. Appeal of: Ralph Swan and Elizabeth Swan, H/W. Harold and Marion Ruby, H/W, Appellants, v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Allied Signal, Inc., Anchor Packing Co., Inc., AP Green Refractories Co., John Crane, Inc., Appellee, et al. Appeal of: Harold and Marion Ruby, H/W.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued October 23, 2001.

Reargument Denied June 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Abernethly, Philadelphia, for Joln Crane, Inc.

Steve J. Cooperstein, Philadelphia, for Andaloro, Swan, Ruby, Greenhalgh and Burkett.

Before MCEWEN, P.J.E., JOHNSON, and KELLY, JJ.


JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 This matter is before the Court on cross-appeals from judgments entered for the plaintiffs in five asbestos cases consolidated for trial. The respective plaintiffs, Charlotte Andaloro, James J. and Francis L. Greenhalgh, Edward C. and Doris Burkett, Ralph and Elizabeth Swan, and Harold and Marion Ruby (collectively "Plaintiffs"), assert that the trial court erred in molding the verdict to reflect the appropriate...

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