BOWE v. ALLIED SIGNAL INC.


806 A.2d 435 (2002)

Martin A. BOWE, Jr. and Catherine M. Bowe, h/w, Appellants, v. ALLIED SIGNAL INC., Pittsburgh Corning Corp., Green Tweed and Co., A.W. Chesterton, Inc., Quigley Co., Pfizer Corp., GAF Corp., Ruberoid Co., Inc., Flexitallic Gasket Co., Flintkote Co., Armstrong World Ind., Inc., U.S. Gypsum Co., Foster Wheeler Corp., PARS Manufacturing Co., J.H. Refractories, Owens-Illinois, Inc., AC & S Corp., Turner & Newall, Uniroyal, Inc., Asbestos Claims Management Corp., (formerly known as National Gypsum Co.), Brand Insulation, Inc., Selas Corp. of America, Selas Furnaces, Bickley Furnaces, Inc., Armstrong Cork Co., Riley Stroker Corp., Drever Furnaces, Keeler/Dorr-Oliver Boiler Co., Cleaver Brooks, Division of Aqua-Chem, Inc., W.R. Grace, General Motors Corp., Crane Packing, Borg-Warner Corp., Rapid-America Corp., Moog Automotive, Inc., as successor to Wagner Electric Corp., Chrylser Corp., Ford Motor Co., U.S. Mineral Products Co., Combustion Engineering, Inc., CVCS, Inc., General Refractories Co., Georgia Pacific, Appellees. Dorothy Schneider, Administratrix of the Estate of John L. Schneider, deceased and Dorothy Schneider in her own right, Appellant, v. Allied Signal Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corp., Green Tweed and Co., A.W. Chesterton, Inc., Quigley Co., Pfizer Corp., GAF Corp., Ruberoid Co., Inc., Flexitallic Gasket Co., Flintkote Co., Armstrong World Ind., Inc., U.S. Gypsum Co., Foster Wheeler Corp., PARS Manufacturing Co., J.H. Refractories, Owens-Illinois, Inc., AC & S Corp., Turner & Newall, Uniroyal, Inc., Asbestos Claims Management Corp., (formerly known as National Gypsum Co.), Brand Insulation, Inc., Selas Corp. of America, Selas Furnaces, Bickley Furnaces, Inc., Armstrong Cork Co., Riley Stroker Corp., Drever Furnaces, Keeler/Dorr-Oliver Boiler Co., Cleaver Brooks, Division of Aqua-Chem, Inc., W.R. Grace, General Motors Corp., Crane Packing, Borg-Warner Corp., Rapid-America Corp., Moog Automotive, Inc., as successor to Wagner Electric Corp., Chrylser Corp., Ford Motor Co., U.S. Mineral Products Co., Combustion Engineering, Inc., CVCS, Inc., General Refractories Co., Georgia Pacific, Appellees. Bruce L. Mann and Anna M. Mann, h/w, Appellants, v. Allied Signal Inc., Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Pittsburgh Corning Corp., Green Tweed and Co., A.W. Chesterton, Inc., Quigley Co., Pfizer Corp., GAF Corp., Ruberoid Co., Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Flexitallic Gasket Co., Flintkote Co., Armstrong World Ind., Inc., U.S. Gypsum Co., Porter Hayden Co., Foster Wheeler Corp., PARS Manufacturing Co., J.H. France Refractories, AC & S Corp., Turner & Newall, Allied Corp., Uniroyal, Inc., Asbestos Claims Management Corp., Brand Insulation, Inc., Selas Corp. of America, Selas Furnaces, Bickley Furnaces, Inc., Armstrong Cork Co., Abex Corp., Riley Stroker Corp., Drever Furnaces, Keeler/Dorr-Oliver Boiler Co., Cleaver Brooks, W.R. Grace, Crane Packing, Borg-Warner Corp., Rapid-America Corp., Chrylser Corp., Ford Motor Co., U.S. Mineral Products Co., Combustion Engineering, Inc., CVCS, Inc., General Refractories Co., Georgia Pacific, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 27, 2002.

Reargument Denied October 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Bensley, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Renee E. Berger, Philadelphia, for Georgia Pacific Corp., appellee.

Catherine N. Jasons, Philadelphia, for Pars Manf. Co., appellee.

Before: DEL SOLE, President Judge, MONTEMURO and BECK, JJ.


DEL SOLE, President Judge.

¶ 1 Appellants appeal from the order granting Appellees' motion for summary judgment on the basis of the statute of limitations. Upon review, we affirm.

¶ 2 This matter involves three separate cases that were consolidated for appeal purposes. Appellants in this matter have filed suit against Appellees asserting various injuries due to exposure to asbestos. Appellants have submitted...

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