Wheeler v. Johns-Manville Corp.

BECK, Judge:

This is an asbestosis case. Plaintiff Albert Wheeler brought suit against the customary panoply of defendants, alleging that he contracted asbestosis as a result of being exposed to asbestos dust while working with and around defendants’ products at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. The trial court granted summary judgment to defendants appellees on the ground that the statute of limitations had run. Plaintiff appealed.

On appeal, Wheeler contends that the court erred in finding there was no genuine issue of material fact on the controlling question of when he acquired sufficient…