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TALIFERRO v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.

421 Pa.Super. 204 (1992)

617 A.2d 796

James A. TALIFERRO, Jr., Appellant, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Amatex Corporation, Celotex Corporation, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc., GAF Corporation Garlock, Inc., H.K. Porter Co., Inc., Southern Textile Corporation, Keene Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pacor, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Unarco Industries, Inc., Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., Fibreboard Corporation, Appellees, Nicolet, Inc., Turner & Newall, Ltd., D.A.R. Industrial Products, Inc.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Cooperstein, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Ira Lefton, Pittsburgh, for Pittsburgh Corning & Fibreboard Corp., appellees.

Before McEWEN, DEL SOLE and HUDOCK, JJ.

HUDOCK, Judge.

James Taliferro (Appellant) appeals from the trial court's grant of compulsory non-suit to several defendants in an asbestos case. We reverse.

The facts and procedural history were summarized by the trial court as follows:

[Appellant] is a 52 year old present worker at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. This case arises from [Appellant's] occupational exposure to asbestos at the Shipyard during a 14-year period beginning with his hiring...

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