Legal Opinion
Anthony v. Koppers Co., Inc.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 7, 1980No. 759PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPAETH, Judge:
This is an appeal from an order denying motions for summary judgment. The appeal raises an important question concerning the statutes of limitation applicable to actions in survival and for wrongful death. <,
Each appellee is administrator of the estate of her deceased husband. In October 1977 appellees brought actions in survival and for wrongful death against appellants, claiming that emissions from coke ovens erected by appellants had caused the decedents to contract cancer of the lungs, which ultimately resulted in their deaths. In August 1978 appellants joined Bethlehem…
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