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HOWARD v. A.W. CHESTERTON CO.

Nos. 48 EAP 2012, 49 EAP 2012, 50 EAP 2012

78 A.3d 605 (2013)

Margaret HOWARD and Robert Howard, Co-Executors of the ESTATE OF John C. RAVERT, Deceased, v. A.W. CHESTERTON CO., Ace Hardware Corp., Monsey Products Corp., Pecora Corp. and Union Carbide Corp. Appeal of: Monsey Products Corporation. Margaret Howard and Robert Howard, Co-Executors of the Estate of John C. Ravert, Deceased, v. A.W. Chesterton Co., Ace Hardware Corp., Monsey Products Corp., Pecora Corp. and Union Carbide Corp. Appeal of: Ace Hardware Corporation. Margaret Howard and Robert Howard, Co-Executors of the Estate of John C. Ravert, Deceased, v. A.W. Chesterton Co., Ace Hardware Corp., Monsey Products Corp., Pecora Corp. and Union Carbide Corp. Appeal of: Pecora Corporation.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 26, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy Alicia Hickok, Esq. , Kenneth A. Murphy, Esq. , Alfred W. Putnam Jr., Esq. , Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP, Philadelphia, Deborah J. La Fetra, Esq. , Chance D. Weldon, Esq. , for Pacific Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae.

David P. Helwig, Esq. , Marks, O'Niell , O'Brien & Courtney, P.C., Pittsburgh, Kevin J. O'Brien, Esq. , Jennifer Agnes Stern, Esq. , Marks, O'Niell, O'Brien & Courtney, P.C., Philadelphia, for Pecora Corporation.

James Michael Beck, Esq. , for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

James Michael Beck, Esq. , for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

Patrick Joseph Hughes, Esq. , Martin S. Kaufman, Esq. , for Richard Wilson, et al., Amicus Curiae.

Sean Peter Wajert, Esq. , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, for Insurance Federation of PA, Inc., Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., American Chemistry Council, PA Chamber of Business & Industry, PA Business Council, NFIB/Pennsylvania, Amicus Curiae.

Hugh F. Young, Esq. , for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

John Joseph Bateman, Esq. , Lavin, O'Niel, Ricci, Cedrone & DiSipio, Philadelphia, for Ace Hardware Corp.

Mark Douglas Eisler, Esq. , Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, L.L.P., Los Angeles, for A.W. Chesterton Company.

Catherine Nancy Jasons, Esq. , Kelley, Jasons, McGowan, Spinelli & Hanna, LLP, Philadelphia, for Union Carbide Corporation.

Richard P. Myers, Esq. , Robert E. Paul , Paul, Reich & Myers, P.C., Philadelphia, for Margaret Howard and Robert Howard.

Peter J. Neeson, Esq. , Rawle & Henderson, LLP, Philadelphia, for Monsey Products Corp.

Hugh F. Young, Esq. , for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

John Joseph Bateman, Esq. , Lavin, O'Niel, Ricci, Cedrone & DiSipio, Philadelphia, for Ace Hardware Corp.

Mark Douglas Eisler, Esq. , Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, L.L.P., Los Angeles, for A.W. Chesterton Company.

Catherine Nancy Jasons, Esq. , Kelley, Jasons, McGowan, Spinelli & Hanna, LLP, Philadelphia, for Union Carbide Corporation.

Richard P. Myers, Esq. , Robert E. Paul , Paul, Reich & Myers, P.C., Philadelphia, for Margaret Howard and Robert Howard.

Peter J. Neeson, Esq. , Rawle & Henderson, LLP, Philadelphia, for Monsey Products Corp.

Before CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, MCCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

This asbestos-litigation appeal is being resolved upon mutual consent among the parties, who agree that the order of the Superior Court should be reversed.

Appellants were manufacturers or distributors of asbestos-containing products and are defendants in litigation initiated by John C. Ravert and later pursued by Appellees as co-executors of Mr. Ravert's estate. Mr. Ravert and Appellees contended that his exposure to Appellants...

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