WATTS v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP.


353 Pa.Super. 267 (1986)

509 A.2d 1268

Nettie M. WATTS, Administratrix of the Estate of Bernard Watts, Deceased and Nettie M. Watts, In Her Own Right, Appellant, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION & Owens-Illinois, Inc. & Pittsburgh Corning Corporation & Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. & Nicolet Industries, Inc. & Raymark Corporation & Raymark Industries, Inc. & Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. & Celotex Corporation & H.K. Porter and Company, Inc. & Southern Asbestos Company & D.A.R. Industrial Products, Inc. & A.C. and S. Corporation & Keene Corporation & Pacor, Inc. & Armstrong World Industries, Inc. & Armstrong Cork Company & Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc. & Fibreboard Corporation & GAF Corporation & Asten-Hill Company & Rubberoid Company & Garlock, Inc. & Turner and Newall Limited & Uni-Royal, Inc. f/k/a U.S. Rubber Company, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed April 16, 1986.

Reargument Denied June 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance nor briefs entered on behalf of appellant.

Joseph W. McGuire, Philadelphia, for appellees.

Before: CAVANAUGH, WICKERSHAM and HOFFMAN, JJ.


WICKERSHAM, Judge:

Before us are twelve consolidated appeals stemming from twelve orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, granting summary judgments in favor of twelve of the twenty-five defendants involved in an asbestos-related disease action.1

Appellant's husband, Bernard Watts, was employed at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard from 1940 to 1951 and at...

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