Legal Opinion
In re Asbestos Litigation
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Decided June 11, 2002No. 0001PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERESHKO, J.,
This matter comes before the court on defendant Crown, Cork & Seal’s global motion for summary judgment in all of the cases in which it is an original defendant or additional defendant, that are pending in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
The specific captions are identified in appendix “A” to this opinion. The total number of cases is 376. The number of defendants sued is 12,809.1 They are identified by plaintiff’s law firms:
Firm Number of Cases
Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, 92 Cohan, Feldman & Smalley P.C.
Brookman, Rosenberg, 201 Brown & Sandler
Early & Strauss 1
Paul, Reich &…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Landgraf v. USI Film ProductsSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Boyd's Lessee v. GravesSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- City of Philadelphia v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Katzenbach v. McClungSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Markovsky, J. v. Crown Cork & Seal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Ieropoli v. AC&S CORP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Ieropoli v. AC&S CORP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004