Cochran v. GAF Corp.

OPINION

MONTEMURO, Justice.

Appellant, Shirley Cochran, appeals from an order and memorandum opinion of the Superior Court affirming an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County granting Appellees’ motion for summary judgment based upon the statute of limitations.

The issue presented in this case 1 is whether the trial court properly held that Appellant’s claims were barred by the statute of limitations and not -within the “discovery rule” exception because of a failure to exercise due diligence in pursuing the cause of decedent’s illness.

*214The decedent, William Cochran, worked at…