LINSTER v. ALLIED SIGNAL, INC.

No. 2575 EDA 2008.

21 A.3d 220 (2011)

2011 PA Super 86

Patricia LINSTER, Administratrix of the Estate of Matthew Linster and in Her Own Right, Appellant v. ALLIED SIGNAL, INC., Pneumo Abex Corporation, Anchor Packing Company, Inc., Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., Asbestos Insulation Company, Inc., A.W. Chesterton, Inc., Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., Brand Insulations, Inc., BNS Co., Buffalo Pump Company, Burnham Holdings, Certainteed Corporation, Cleaver Brooks, Co., Crane Co., Demming Division, Crane Packing, Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., Dana Corporation, Durabla, Durametallic Corporation, Foster Wheeler Corporation, Garlock Inc., General Electric Company, General Refractories, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Goulds Pumps, Inc., Green, Tweed & Company, Hajoca Plumbing Supply Company, Hercules Chemical Co., I.M.O. Industries, Inc., Ingersoll Rand Co., ITT Corporation, J.A. Sexauer Manufacturing Co., J.H. France Refractories Co., J.P. Stevens, Inc., Melrath Gasket, Inc., Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pecora Corporation, Rapid American Corporation, Rhone-Poulenc, Riley Stoker Corporation, Sepco Corporation, Inc., Sid Harvey Midatlantic, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, Viking Pump, Inc., Warren Pump Company, Weil McLain Co., Viacom/Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Appellees. Appeal of Patricia Linster.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed April 21, 2011.

Reargument Denied June 24, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Cooperstein , Philadelphia, for appellant.

Jagan N. Ranjan , Pittsburgh, appellee.

BEFORE: STEVENS, P.J., FREEDBERG, and PLATT, JJ.


OPINION BY STEVENS, P.J.:

Following settlement and entry of judgment with regard to the last remaining defendant in a mass asbestos products liability action, Appellant Patricia Linster, as Executrix of the Estate of her husband, Matthew Linster, and individually as widow in her own right, presents challenges to the order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County granting summary judgment in favor of Crane Company.1 We...

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