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JESSOP v. ACF INDUSTRIES, LLC

859 A.2d 801 (2004)

Janet F. JESSOP, Administratrix of the Estate of Harold W. Jessop, Deceased, and Janet F. Jessop, Widow, in Her Own Right, Appellant, v. ACF INDUSTRIES, LLC, Allied Signal, Inc., Allen-Bradley Company, American Standard, Inc., and Rockbestos Co., Belden Manufacturing Co., Certain-Teed Corporation, Union Carbide Corporation c/o CT Corporation Systems, Crouse-Hinds & Railroad Friction Products Corporation, Eaton Corporation, Flintkote Company, Garlock, Inc., General Electric Company, M & F Worldwide, Pneumo Abex Corporation, Resco Holdings Co., Inc. c/o Rust International, Inc., Thyssen Krupp Budd f/k/a the Budd Company, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 21, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Paul, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Carl Buchholz, Philadelphia, for ACF Industries, appellee.

BEFORE: LALLY-GREEN, GANTMAN and TAMILIA, JJ.

OPINION BY TAMILIA, J.:

¶ 1 Janet F. Jessop, as administrator of the estate of Harold W. Jessop and in her own right, appeals the January 22, 2004 Order granting appellees' motion to dismiss this asbestos tort case on the basis of forum non conveniens and granting appellees leave to re-file the lawsuit in Kansas. Jessop alleges her husband died from Mesothelioma he contracted as a result of asbestos exposure during his sixteen year career working as an...

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