ABRAMS v. PNEUMO ABEX CORP.

Nos. 17 EAP 2008, 18 EAP 2008.

981 A.2d 198 (2009)

Eleanor ABRAMS, Executrix of the Estate of Kenneth Abrams, Appellant v. PNEUMO ABEX CORPORATION, American Standard, Inc., A.W. Chesterton, Inc., Brand Insulation, Inc., Brown Boveri Corporation, Burnham Boiler Corporation, Certainteed Corporation, Cleaverbrooks Co., Crane Co., Demming Division, Crane Packing, Crouse-Hinds, Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., Dana Corporation, Dresser Industries, Inc., Durabla Manufacturing Co., Eastern Gunnite Co., Inc., Georgia Pacific Corporation, Goulds Pumps, Inc., Greene Tweed & Co., Inc., Hajoca Plumbing Co., Halliburton Co., Honeywell, McArdle-Desco Corporation, Melrath Gaskets, Inc., Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Nosroc Corporation, Pars Manufacturing Co., Pecora Corporation, Pfizer, Inc., Quigley Co., Inc., Railroad Friction Products, The Reading Company, Riley Stoker Corporation, Rockbestos Company, Union Carbide Corporation, Walter B. Gallagher Co., Weil McLain Co., Westinghouse Electric Corporation and John Crane, Inc., Appellees. Marilyn Shaw, Executrix of the Estate of John Shaw, Appellant v. A.W. Chesterton, Inc., Brand Insulation, Inc., Certainteed Corporation, Cleaverbrooks Co., Crane Co., Demming Division, Crane Packing, Crown Cork and Seal Company, Inc., Dana Corporation, Durabla Manufacturing Co., Georgia Pacific Corporation, Goulds Pumps, Inc., Greene Tweed & Co., Inc., Melrath Gaskets, Inc., Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Nosroc Corporation, Pars Manufacturing Co., Pecora Corporation, Rapid American Corporation, Riley Stoker Corporation, Union Carbide Corporation, Walter B. Gallagher Co., Weil McLain Co., Viacom/Westinghouse Electric Corp., Anchor Packing Co., Combustion Engineering, Inc., Crouse-Hinds, Durametallic Corp., Garlock, Inc., General Electric Co., Hajoca Plumbing Co., Ingersoll Rand, Studebaker-Worthington, Inc., Zurn Industries, John Crane, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howell K. Rosenberg, Brookman, Rosenberg, Brown & Sandler, Laurence H. Brown, Brookman, Rosenberg, Brown & Sandler, Steven J. Cooperstein, Brookman, Rosenberg, Brown & Sandler, Philadelphia, Marilyn Shaw, for Eleanor Abrams.

William Rudolph Adams, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., Pittsburgh, Michael A. Pollard, Baker & McKenzie, L.L.P., Pro Hac Vice, for John Crane, Inc.

Edward Michael Koch, White and Williams, L.L.P., Philadelphia, William L. Doerler, White and Williams, L.L.P., Richard A. Curtis, White and Williams, L.L.P., Christopher Eric Balord, White and Williams, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania Defense Institute.

Christopher M. Arfaa, for Pacific Legal Foundation.

Laurence H. Brown, Brookman, Rosenberg, Brown & Sandler, Philadelphia, for Marilyn Shaw.

Before: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, JJ.


OPINION

Justice TODD.

This Court granted allowance of appeal in the instant consolidated personal injury cases to determine whether a prior recovery of damages for increased risk and fear of developing cancer due to asbestos exposure, awarded under the "one disease" rule, precludes a plaintiff from recovering, from a party he has not previously sued, damages for cancer that developed and was diagnosed after the separate disease rule, also referred...

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