Legal Opinion
Carollo v. Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 28, 1977No. 667, 682 and 684PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPAETH, Judge:
This is an appeal from an order entering summary judgment.
Plaintiffs worked many years for Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, installing insulation in Wheeling-Pittsburgh’s Monessen plant. They allege in their complaint that during the course of their employment they contracted asbestosis and pneumoconiosis as a result of prolonged inhalation of asbestos fibers. Defendants are manufacturers of insulation products of which asbestos is allegedly a component; among them are Benjamin Foster, a Division of Amchem Products, Inc., Gustin-Bacon, Division of Certain Teed Products…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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