PASTIERIK v. DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.


341 Pa.Super. 329 (1985)

491 A.2d 841

Helen F. PASTIERIK, Executrix of the Estate of Paul P. Pastierik, Deceased, Appellant, v. DUQUESNE LIGHT CO. Helen F. PASTIERIK, Executrix of the Estate of Paul P. Pastierik, Deceased, Appellant, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, a Corporation, Keene Corporation, Successor in interest to Baldwin-Ehret-Hill, Inc., a Corporation, Owens Corning Fiberglas, a Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc., a Corporation; the Celotex Corporation, Successor in interest to Philip Carey Manufacturing Corporation, Philip Manufacturing Company, Briggs Manufacturing Company and Panacon Corporation, a Corporation; Eagle Picher Industries, Inc., a Corporation, Raybestos Manhattan, Inc., a Corporation; Armstrong Cork Company, a Corporation, Forty-Eight Insulations, a Corporation, American Industrial Contracting, Inc., a Corporation; Industrial Furnace Supplies, Inc., a Corporation; George V. Hamilton, Inc., a Corporation; Acands, Inc., a Corporation; and Atlas Asbestos Company, a Corporation.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 8, 1985.

Reargument Denied May 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin H. Beachler, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

John A. Lee, Pittsburgh, for appellee (at 153).

Patrick R. Riley, Pittsburgh, for appellees (at 211).

Before BROSKY, TAMILIA and ROBERTS, JJ.


PER CURIAM:

This consolidated appeal is taken from the grant of judgments on the pleadings in favor of appellees. Because we conclude that the court erred in dismissing appellant's wrongful death and survival actions as time-barred, we vacate the judgments, and remand with instructions to reinstate the complaints.

Appellant's husband died on April 4, 1978. Appellant filed a complaint on August 11, 1981, alleging decedent's death from carcinoma of the lung...

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