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OTTAVIO v. FIBREBOARD CORP.

421 Pa.Super. 284 (1992)

617 A.2d 1296

Elmer OTTAVIO and Anna Ottavio, H/W, Appellees v. FIBREBOARD CORP., PACOR, Inc., Johns-Manville Corp., Eagle Picher Industries, Keene Corp., Raybestos-Manhattan, Celotex Corp., Southern Textile Corp., J.P. Stevens Co., Garlock, Inc., Owens-Illinois Glass, GAF Corp. Appeal of FIBREBOARD CORPORATION.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 16, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.T. Wentley, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Steven J. Cooperstein, Philadelphia, for Ottavio, appellee.

Before ROWLEY, President Judge, and WIEAND, McEWEN, DEL SOLE, MONTEMURO, BECK, TAMILIA, KELLY and JOHNSON, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM:

Elmer Ottavio filed an action against numerous manufacturers of asbestos products to recover for injuries allegedly sustained as a result of workplace exposure to asbestos during his employment at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where he had worked for a period of forty (40) years, first as a sheetmetal worker and later as a designer. In a "reverse bifurcated" proceeding, Ottavio sought damages for pleural thickening and a fear of developing future...

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