HARAHAN v. AC & S, INC.


816 A.2d 296 (2003)

Patricia HARAHAN, Admx. of the Estate of Bernard Harahan, Deceased, and Patricia Harahan, in Her Own Right, Appellant v. AC & S, INC., Allied Signal, Inc., SUCC. in Interest to Bendix Corp., Anchor Packing Co., Inc., A.P. Green Refractories Co., A.P. Green Services, Inc., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Asbestos Claims Management Corp. f/k/a National Gypsum Co., A.W. Chesterton, Inc., Belmont Packing Co., Benjamin Foster, Division of Amchem Products, Inc., William Betz, Jr., Inc., Bigelow Liptak, SUCC. in Interest to Bigelow Liptak of Michigan, Bondex Int'l, Inc., Certain Teed Corp., Crane Packing Co., Crouse Hinds, Inc., M.H. Detrick Co., Fibreboard Corp., Flexitallic Gasket Co., Flintkote Co., Foster Wheeler Corp., GAF Corp., Garlock, Inc, General Electric Co., General Motors Co., General Refractories, Georgia Pacific Corp., Green Tweed & Co., Inc., Hajoca Plumbing Co., Hercules Chemical Co., Inc., Herman Goldner Co., Inc., John Crane, Inc., Mobil Oil Corp., North American Refractories Co., Owens Corning, Pecora Corp., Pneumo Abex Corp., Riley Stoker Corp., Rite Hose & Packing, SUCC. to Bevco Industries, Rockbestos Co., Sexauer Mfg. Co., U.S. Gypsum Co., U.S. Mineral Products Co., Victor Products, Westinghouse Elec. Corp., Walter B. Gallagher Co., Weil McClain, W.R. Grace

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin P. Shein, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before DEL SOLE, P.J., and TODD and OLSZEWSKI, JJ.


OPINION BY OLSZEWSKI, J.:

¶ 1 This started as a suit against four dozen defendants, but this is an appeal to the grant of summary judgment in favor of just one—Amchem Products, Inc. ("Amchen"), on behalf of the Benjamin Foster Division of Amchem. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

¶ 2 Appellant is the administratrix of the estate of her late husband and was substituted as a party after his death. In her first amended complaint...

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