Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert L. Byer , Sharon L. Caffrey , Duane Morris LLP, 30 S. 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196, for Ford Motor Company, Appellant.
David James Bird , James Michael Beck , Reed Smith LLP, Reed Smith LLP, 225 5th Ave. Ste 1200, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2716, for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., 1850 Centennial Park Drive, Suite 510, Appellant Amicus Curiae.
John Jacob Hare , Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, P.C., 2000 Market Street, Suite 2300, Philadelphia, PA 19103, for Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, and Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Appellant Amicus Curiae.
Alice Sacks Johnston , James Michael Evans , Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, 120 Fifth Ave Ste 2700, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, for Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Appellant Amicus Curiae.
Martin S. Kaufman , Atlantic Legal Foundation, 2309 Palmer Avenue, Suite 104, Larchmont, NY 10538, Patrick Joseph Hughes , Connell Foley, LLP, 1500 Market Street, 12th Floor, East Tower, Philadelphia, PA 19101, for Atlantic Legal Foundation, Appellant Amicus Curiae.
Peter J. Neeson , Carl D. Buchholz III , Rawle & Henderson LLP, The Widener Building, 1 S Penn Sq., Philadelphia, PA 19107, Angela Marie Heim , Rawle & Henderson LLP, One South Penn Square, The Widener Building, 16th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104, for Honeywell International, Inc., Appellant Amicus Curiae.
Sean Peter Wajert , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Two Commerce Square, 2001 Market Street, Suite 3000, Philadelphia, PA 19103, for American Insurance Association (The), American Tort Reform Association, Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., National Association of Manufacturers, Appellant Amicus Curiae.
Clayton Layne Thompson , Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd, LLC, 211 N. Broadway, Suite 2940, St. Louis, MO 63102, Steven J. Cooperstein , Brookman, Rosenberg, Brown & Sandler, 30 S 15th St 17th Fl, Philadelphia, PA 19102, for Erin Sipley, Executrix of the Estate of Joyce Rost, Appellee and Richard M. Rost, Executor of the Estate of Richard J. Rost, Appellee.
Michael B. Leh , Locks Law Firm, 601 Walnut St Ste 720 East Philadelphia, PA 19106, for Roux, M.D., PhD., M.P.H., Ana Diez, Appellee Amicus Curiae.
Bruce E. Mattock , Goldberg, Persky & White, P.C., 1030 Fifth Ave 3rd Fl, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, for Baur, Prof. Dr. Med. Xaver, Bedrossian, MD, PhD (Hon), FIAC, Carlos, Bingham, PhD, Eula, Bonnier-Viger, MD, MSc, MM, CMSQ, FRCPC, Yv, Brophy, PhD, James, Bugiani, MD, Massimiliano, Cattleman, ScD, Barry, Clapp, DSc, MPH, Richard, Consonni, MD PhD, Dario, Counil, Emilie, Dalvie, BSc, Hons, MSc, PhD, Mohamed Aqiel, Dement, Ph.D., CIH, John M., Fletcher, PhD, Tony, Fubini, Professor Bice, Gassert, MD, MSc, Thomas H., Gochfeld, MD, PhD, Michael, Goldsmith, MSPH, PhD, David F., Hadell, MD, PhD, Lennart, Huff, PhD, James, Infante, DDS, DrPH, Peter F., Jeebhay MBChB, MPH OeeMed), PhD, Mohamed F., Joshi, FRCS, FFOM, T.K., Keith, PhD, Margaret, Keyserlingk, MD, MSC, FRCS(C), FACS, John R., Khatter, MD, CCFP, MES, Kapil, Kramer, MHS, PhD, Shira, Landrigan, MD, MSc, FAAP, Philip J., Lanpher, MD, MPH, Bruce, Lemen, PhD., MSPH, Richard A., Levenstein, PhD., MS, Charles, Lippman, PhD, Abby, Markowitz, PhD, Gerald, Mikkelson, MD, DrMedSci, Sigurd, Mirabelli, MD, Dario, Monforton, DrPH, MPH, Celeste, Muge Akpinar-Elci, M.D., MPH; Prof. Dr. Med. Xavier Baur, et al., Nair, BSc, MStat, MSc, PhD, FACE, Rama C., Oliver, MD, MPH, MS, L. Christine, Ozonoff, MD, MPH, David, Paek, MD, MSc, ScD, Domyung, Pakhale, MD, FRCPC, MSc (Epidemiology & Biostatistics), Smita, Petersen, PhD, Rolf, Rosenberg, ScD, MPH, Beth, Rosenman, MD, FACE, FACPM, Kenneth, Rosner, PhD, David, Wise, Ethel H., Appellee Amicus Curiae.
Joseph D. Satterley , Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood, Jack London Market, 55 Harrison Street, Suite 400, Oakland, CA 94607, for The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, Appellee Amicus Curiae.
Jason Timothy Shipp , Goldberg, Persky & White, P.C., 1030 Fifth Ave 3rd Fl, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, for Baur, Prof. Dr. Med. Xaver, Bedrossian, MD, PhD (Hon), FIAC, Carlos, Bingham, PhD, Eula, Bonnier-Viger, MD, MSc, MM, CMSQ, FRCPC, Yv, Brophy, PhD, James, Bugiani, MD, Massimiliano, Cattleman, ScD, Barry, Clapp, DSc, MPH, Richard, Consonni, MD PhD, Dario, Counil, Emilie, Dalvie, BSc, Hons, MSc, PhD, Mohamed Aqiel, Dement, Ph.D., CIH, John M., Fletcher, PhD, Tony, Fubini, Professor Bice, Gassert, MD, MSc, Thomas H., Gochfeld, MD, PhD, Michael, Goldsmith, MSPH, PhD, David F., Hadell, MD, PhD, Lennart, Huff, PhD, James, Infante, DDS, DrPH, Peter F., Jeebhay MBChB, MPH OeeMed), PhD, Mohamed F., Joshi, FRCS, FFOM, T.K., Keith, PhD, Margaret, Keyserlingk, MD, MSC, FRCS(C), FACS, John R., Khatter, MD, CCFP, MES, Kapil, Kramer, MHS, PhD, Shira, Landrigan, MD, MSc, FAAP, Philip J., Lanpher, MD, MPH, Bruce, Lemen, PhD., MSPH, Richard A., Levenstein, PhD., MS, Charles, Lippman, PhD, Abby, Markowitz, PhD, Gerald, Mikkelson, MD, DrMedSci, Sigurd, Mirabelli, MD, Dario, Monforton, DrPH, MPH, Celeste, Muge Akpinar-Elci, M.D., MPH; Prof. Dr. Med. Xavier Baur, et al., Nair, BSc, MStat, MSc, PhD, FACE, Rama C., Oliver, MD, MPH, MS, L. Christine, Ozonoff, MD, MPH, David, Paek, MD, MSc, ScD, Domyung, Pakhale, MD, FRCPC, MSc (Epidemiology & Biostatistics), Smita, Petersen, PhD, Rolf, Rosenberg, ScD, MPH, Beth, Rosenman, MD, FACE, FACPM, Kenneth, Rosner, PhD, David, Silverstein, MD, MPH, Michael, Slatin, Sc.D., MPH, Craig, Soskolne, PhD, Colin L., Stayner, PhD, Leslie Thomas, Takhashi, MD, PhD, MPH, Ken, Teitelbaum, MD, Daniel Thau, Terracini, Benedetto, Thebaud-Mony, Annie, Turcotte, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Fernand, Watterson, PhD, CFIOSH, Andrew, Wegman, MD, MSc, David H., Welch, MD, Laura S., Wise, Ethel H., Woitowitz, Pro. Em. Dr. Med. Hans-Joachim, Appellee Amicus Curiae.
SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, JJ.
