TRIESCHOCK v. OWENS CORNING FIBERGLAS CO.


354 Pa.Super. 263 (1986)

511 A.2d 863

Theodore TRIESCHOCK, Jr., and Helen Mae Trieschock, His Wife, Appellants, v. OWENS CORNING FIBERGLAS COMPANY, INC., Louisiana Pacific Corp., Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc., Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc., George V. Hamilton, Inc., Keene Building Products Corp., the Celotex Corp., Successor In Interest To Philip Carey Manufacturing Company, Philip Carey Corporation, Briggs Manufacturing Company and Panacon Corp., Atlas Asbestos Co., Ltd., Pabco Insulation Division of Louisiana-Pacific Corp., Pittsburgh Corning Corp., Combustion Engineering, Inc., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Johns-Manville Corp. and Garlock Gasket Corp., v. ANCHOR PACKING COMPANY, Argo Packing, Inc., John-Crane Houdaille, Inc., Flexitallic Gasket Co., Inc., GAF Corporation, Raymark Industries, Inc., Durabla Manufacturing Company, and Tannetics, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Caroselli, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Kathy K. Condo-Caritis, Pittsburgh, for Pittsburgh Corning, appellee.

Before BROSKY, OLSZEWSKI and POPOVICH, JJ.


BROSKY, Judge:

This appeal is from summary judgment. In dispute here is the trial court's decision that the statute of limitations had run in this "creeping disease" case.1 The disposition of this issue entails consideration of two questions novel in this jurisdiction. First, with what degree of certainty must a plaintiff be aware of a medical condition in order to start the statute...

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