Legal Opinion
Martin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 10, 1987No. 33 W.D. Appeal Docket 1984; 52 W.D. Appeal Docket 1986PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
The issue before the Court in this products liability case is whether the trial court committed reversible error in instructing the jury that it could apportion damages between defendant-appellees and plaintiff-appellant.
Appellant, Joseph Edward Martin, filed a complaint in trespass on August 16, 1978, against appellees seeking compensatory and punitive damages for asbestosis and related diseases which he claimed were caused as a result of *380working with products containing asbestos manufactured by appellees.1
Appellant presented expert witnesses at trial who…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Martin v. Johns-Manville Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Lobozzo v. Adam Eidemiller, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- GAGLIANO v. DitzlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Allison v. Snelling & Snelling, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Voyles v. CorwinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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3Cited by55 opinions
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- Zarow-Smith v. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1997
- Loughman v. Consol-Pennsylvania Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
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