SEDLACEK v. A.O. SMITH CORP.

No. 592 Western District Appeal 2008, No. 612 Western District Appeal 2008

990 A.2d 801 (2010)

Mary Kay SEDLACEK, Executrix of the Estate of Edward Sedlacek, and Mary Kay Sedlacek in her own Right, Appellants v. A.O. SMITH CORPORATION, A.W. Chesterton, Alcoa, Inc., Allied Glove Corporation, American Optical Corporation, Anchor Packing Company, Argo Packing Company, Atlas Industries, Inc., B.F. Goodrich Company, Cashco, Inc., CBS Corporation, Crane Co., Crown Cork & Seal, Dana Corporation, Dezurik, Inc., Durabla Manufacturing Co., E.W. Bliss Company, Earl B. Beach Company, Eichleay Corporation, F.B. Wright Company Of Pittsburgh, Flowserve Corporation, f/k/a Byron Jackson, Foster Wheeler, The Gage Company, Garlock Inc., General Electric Company, General Refractories Co., George V. Hamilton, Inc., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Gould Pumps, Inc., Green Tweed & Company, Hinchliffe & Keener, Inc., Honeywell, Inc., Hunter Sales, I.U. North America, Industrial Holdings Company, Ingersoll Rand, ITT Industries, Kentile Floors, Inc., M.S. Jacobs & Associates, Inc., McCarls, Inc., Melrath Supply & Gasket Co., Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Mobile Oil Corporation, Nagle Pumps, Owen-Illinois, Power Piping, Safety First Industries, Inc., The Sager Corporation, Sealite, Inc., Sepco Corporation, Stockham Valves & Fittings, Taylored Industries, Union Carbide Corp., Uniroyal, Inc., Viacom, Washington Group International. Mary Lou Crooks, Executrix of The Estate of Frank C. Crooks, Deceased, and Mary Lou Crooks, in her own Right, Appellants v. A.O. Smith Corporation, Alcoa, Inc., Allied Glove Corporation, American Optical Corporation, Anchor Packing Company, Argo Packing Company, Atlas Industries, Inc., B.F. Goodrich Company, Borg-Warner, Cashco, Inc., Certainteed Corporation, Crane Co., Crown Cork & Seal, Dana Corporation, Dezurik, Inc., Durabla Manufacturing Co., E.W. Bliss Company, Earl B. Beach Company, Eichleay Corporation, F.B. Wright Company Of Pittsburgh, Flowserve Corporation, f/k/a Byron Jackson, Garlock Inc., General Electric Company, General Refractories Co., George V. Hamilton, Inc., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Gould Pumps, Inc., Greene Tweed & Company, Hinchliffe & Keener, Inc., Honeywell, Inc., Hunter Sales, I.U. North America, Industrial Holdings Company, Ingersoll Rand, ITT Industries, Kentile Floors, Inc., M.S. Jacobs & Associates, Inc., McCarls, Inc., Melrath Supply & Gasket Co., Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Mobile Oil Corporation, Nagle Pumps, Oglebay Norton, Owens-Illinois, Power Piping, Safety First Industries, Inc., The Sager Corporation, Sealite, Inc., Sepco Corporation, Stockham Valves & Fittings, Taylored Industries, Union Carbide Corp., Uniroyal, Inc., Viacom, Washington Group International.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed February 25, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason T. Shipp, Pittsburgh, for Sedlacek, Edward and Mary Kay and Crooks, Mary Lou and Frank, appellants.

Scott D. Livingston, Pittsburgh, for Alcoa, appellee.

BEFORE: FORD ELLIOTT, P.J., DONOHUE and COLVILLE, JJ.


OPINION BY FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.:

¶ 1 These appeals are from orders granting summary judgment in favor of appellee, ALCOA, in actions for personal injury in the nature of occupational or work-related disease. As set forth infra and in recognition of this court's recent decision in Ranalli v. Rohm and Haas Co., 983 A.2d 732 (Pa.Super.2009) (reargument denied), we affirm.

¶ 2 The facts underlying the present...

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