COM., DEPT. OF GEN. SERV. v. MIN. PROD.


927 A.2d 717 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, and Pennsylvania Department of State, Plaintiffs v. UNITED STATES MINERAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, Certainteed Corporation, Courtaulds Aerospace, Inc., Chemrex, Inc. Phillips Electronics North America Corporation, Advance Transformer Company, and Monsanto Company, Defendants Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of General Services and Department of Transportation, Plaintiffs v. United States Mineral Products Company, Defendant.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tybe A. Brett, Pittsburgh and Kenneth B. McClain, Independence, MO, for plaintiffs.

Thomas M. Goutman, Philadelphia, for defendants.

BEFORE: SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, and SIMPSON, Judge, and McCLOSKEY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge SIMPSON.

Was Monsanto Company's (Defendant) product, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) defective, that is, unsafe for its intended use? After a five-week re-trial in this Court's original jurisdiction, a jury impaneled from Northampton County answered this interrogatory in the negative, thereby absolving Defendant from liability for alleged PCB contamination of the former Transportation and Safety Building (Building) in the Capitol Complex in Harrisburg...

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