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IEROPOLI v. AC&S CORP.

842 A.2d 919 (2004)

Frank and Margaret IEROPOLI, Appellants v. AC&S CORPORATION, National Gypsum Company, Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., Bell Asbestos Mines, Inc., Combustion Engineering Inc., Crown Cork Seal Company, Inc., Flexitallic Gasket Company, Gaf Corporation, Garfield Molding Company, Inc., Garlock, Inc., Hajoca Plumbing Supply Company, Hopeman Brothers, Inc., Meriden Molded Plastics, Metropolitan Life Insurance, Nosroc Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Peltz Rowley Chemicals Company, Pfizer, Inc., Rapid American Corporation, Bevco Industries, Turner & Newall, Ltd., Union Carbide Corporation, U.S. Gypsum Company, U.S. Mineral Products, W.R. Grace & Company Petition of Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Resubmitted December 23, 2003.

Decided February 20, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mathieu Jode Shapiro, Paul S. Diamond, Michael J. Stack, Thomas A. Leonard, Philadelphia, for Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc.

John G. Knorr, III, Harrisburg, for petitioner amicus curiae, Atty. Gen. of PA.

Gregory Barton Abeln, Carlisle, for petitioner amicus curiae Washington Legal Foundation (WLF).

Robert L. Pratter, for petitioner amicus curiae PA Mfrs. Ass'n.

Bernard J. Farris, for petitioner amicus curiae, Local Union 188.

Anthony Casey, for petitioner amicus curiae, Local Union 107.

Richard H. Markowitz, Philadelphia, Richard Matthew Pettigrew, for petitioner amicus curiae, Intern. Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers'.

Thomas Herman Kohn, Philadelphia, for petitioner amicus curiae, Teamsters Joint Council No. 53's.

Clayton Richard Polley, for Rapid American Corp.

Frank C.B. Friestedt, Philadelphia, for U.S. Mineral Products.

Nathan A. Schachtman, Philadelphia, for Owens-Illinois Inc.

Robert Walter Rowan, Philadelphia, for AC&S, Inc.

Stewart R. Singer, Philadelphia, for Metropolitan Life Ins.

Jennifer Margiotta Davies, for Pfizer, Inc.

James P. Gannon, Media, for W.R. Grace & Co.

Steven J. Cooperstein, for Frank & Margaret Ieropoli.

Irving Steven Levy, for Meriden Molded Plastics.

George B. Bruch, for Peltz Rowley Chemicals and Bevco (Rite House & Packing).

Daniel J. Ryan, Philadelphia, for Hopeman Bros., Inc.

Frederic L. Goldfein, Philadelphia, for Garlick, Inc., Asbestos Corp., Ltd. and Bell Asbestos Mines.

Mark Gerard Lionetti, Philadelphia, for Hajoca Plumbing.

Barbara J. Buba, Philadelphia, for Union Carbide and Nosroc Corp.

Before: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.

OPINION

Chief Justice CAPPY.

In this appeal, we review the order of the court of common pleas granting summary judgment to Appellee Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. ("Crown Cork") pursuant to the newly enacted statute ("Statute") that limits the successor asbestos-related liabilities of certain Pennsylvania corporations. 15 Pa.C.S. § 1929.1.1 For all the reasons that follow, we hold that the Statute is unconstitutional...

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