Ball v. Johns-Manville Corp.

BECK, Judge:

This appeal raises issues relating to the quantum of evidence necessary to establish product nexus in an asbestos case. These issues arise both in the context of the plaintiffs case against non-settled defendants and in the context of the non-settling defendants’ cross-claims against other defendants who either settled, filed for bankruptcy or were dismissed on summary judgment prior to trial.

Plaintiffs-appellees, Russell Ball and his wife Ethel, brought this action in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County claiming damages due to Mr. Ball’s occupational exposure to…