Pastierik v. Duquesne Light Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This is a consolidated appeal from a per curiam opinion and order of the Superior Court, 341 Pa.Super. 329, 491 A.2d 841, which reinstated wrongful death and survival actions filed by the appellee, Helen F. Pastierik. The actions had earlier been dismissed by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County on grounds they were barred by the applicable statute of limitations.

Appellee’s husband died on April 4, 1978, and, more than three years later, in August of 1981, appellee filed a complaint alleging that the death was attributable to carcinoma of the…