Scola v. AC & S, INC.

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

We granted allowance of appeal and consolidated these twenty-five asbestos-related personal injury cases in order to review the rulings of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County which transferred these eases to neighboring counties based on the doctrine oí forum non conveniens. In 1991, the trial court, faced with an extremely congested backlog of asbestos cases, announced that it would conduct status conferences to determine whether any such cases filed between 1986 and 1991 were subject to transfer based on venue. The asbestos bar was notified that an…