Legal Opinion
Weldon v. Celotex Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 14, 1982No. 82-1245PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
In this negligence action plaintiff seeks damages for the death of her husband caused by exposure to asbestos on the job. In the alternative, she presents a claim for aggravation of the disease caused by the employer’s failure to warn decedent after his employment ended of the risks to his health. At the time relevant to this appeal, the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act compensated victims of asbestosis and other specified diseases for disability or death occurring within three years after the date of their last employment. There can be no recovery…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Keystone Aeronautics Corporation, a Corporation v. R. J. Enstrom Corporation, a Corporation v. Foundry Allied Industries, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Glass v. FreemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Tatrai v. Presbyterian University HospitalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Readinger v. GottschallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Greer v. United States Steel Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Heilman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Robles v. Hovensa, L.L.C.Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2008
- Oyster v. Johns-Manville Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
- Ferris v. V.I. Industrial Gases, Inc.District Court, Virgin Islands · 1987
- Alexander v. Red Star Express Lines of Auburn, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1986
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