Legal Opinion
Cowgill v. Raymark Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 30, 1985No. 85-1098PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Acting Chief Judge.
This appeal in a diversity case presents the question whether appellant’s claims under state survival and wrongful death acts were correctly dismissed on statute of limitations grounds.
Appellant’s husband, a pipefitter who worked with asbestos-containing products for over thirty years, died shortly before she brought this lawsuit. The district court determined that, based on the undisputed facts in the record, the decedent should have known that he had an asbestos-related injury over two years before the filing of this suit. It therefore held that…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Goodman v. Mead Johnson & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Gans, Curtis, G. v. Mundy, James F. And the Law Firm of Raynes, McCarty Binder & MundyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Pocono International Raceway, Inc. v. Pocono Produce, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Sondra L. McKenna and James R. McKenna v. Ortho Pharmaceutical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by28 opinions
- John A. Hilfirty Martha L. Miller v. David C. Shipman Kenneth R. Schriner Brett O. Feese Stephen C. Schopfer Betty A. Noll. Martha MillerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- PBA Local No. 38 v. Woodbridge Police DepartmentDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1993
- Ingenito v. AC & S, INC.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Gunsalus v. Celotex Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
- Cowgill v. Raymark Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
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