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MARTIN v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS

515 Pa. 377 (1987)

528 A.2d 947

Joseph Edward MARTIN, Appellant, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Forty-Eight Insulation Incorporated, The Celotex Corporation, Combustion Engineering, Inc., and Owens-Illinois, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 10, 1987.

Reargument Denied October 13, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Caroselli, Caroselli, Spagnolli & Beachler, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Martin Greitzer, Greitzer and Locks, Philadelphia, amicus curiae for Joseph Edward Martin.

Patrick R. Riley, Edward L. Russakoff, Pittsburgh, for Owens Corning Fiberglas, Eagle-Picher, Celotex and Owens-Illinois.

R. Kenneth Willman, Pittsburgh, for Combustion Engineering.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issue before the Court in this products liability case is whether the trial court committed reversible error in instructing the jury that it could apportion damages between defendant-appellees and plaintiff-appellant.

Appellant, Joseph Edward Martin, filed a complaint in trespass on August 16, 1978, against appellees seeking compensatory and punitive damages for asbestosis and related diseases which he claimed...

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