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GIOVANETTI v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.

372 Pa.Super. 431 (1988)

539 A.2d 871

Louis GIOVANETTI, Appellant, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, Amatex Corporation, H.K. Porter Company, Southern Asbestos Company, Eagle-Pitcher Industries, Celotex Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Inc., General Refractories Company, GAF Corporation, Unarco Industries, Inc., Fibreboard Corporation, Forty-Eight Insulations, Certainteed Corporation, Keene Corporation and Pacor Corporation. Louis J. GIOVANETTI, Appellant, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, Amatex Corporation, H.K. Porter Company, Southern Asbestos Company, Eagle-Pitcher Industries, Celotex Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Inc., General Refractories Company, GAF Corporation, Unarco Industries, Inc., Fibreboard Corporation, Forty-Eight Insulations, Certainteed Corporation, Keene Corporation and Pacor Corporation.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 31, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Haigis, III, Philadelphia, for appellant.

John P. Kelly, Philadelphia, for appellees.

Before CIRILLO, President Judge, and McEWEN and MONTEMURO, JJ.

CIRILLO, President Judge:

This is an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County in which a jury relieved various corporations of liability to Louis Giovanetti for injuries allegedly resulting from his exposure to asbestos. We affirm.

Louis Giovanetti, a New Jersey resident, initiated this action in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to recover for injuries allegedly sustained as a result of exposure to asbestos. The exposure allegedly...

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