Superior Court - SARA JANE WEIBLE, EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM WEIBLE, AND IN HER OWN RIGHT v. ALLIED SIGNAL, INC., AMCHEM PRODUCTS, INC., AMER

SARA JANE WEIBLE, EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM WEIBLE, AND IN HER OWN RIGHT v. ALLIED SIGNAL, INC., AMCHEM PRODUCTS, INC., AMERICAN STANDARD, A.O. SMITH CORP., ASBESTOS CORP., LTD., ASTEN GROUP, INC., A.W. CHESTERTON INC., BELL ASBESTOS MINES, INC., BENJAMIN FOSTER, CO., BONDEX INTERNATIONAL, INC., BRAND INSULATIONS, INC., BROUDY SUPPLY CO., CERTAINTEED CORP., INC., CRANE PACKING, CROWN CORK & SEAL CO., INC., DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., FOSTER WHEELER CORP., INC., GARLOCK, INC., GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP., GOULDS PUMPS, INC., GREEN TWEED & CO., INC., HAJOCA PLUMBING CO., J.H. FRANCE REFRACTORIES CO., MELRATH GASKET HOLDING CO., INC., METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., NOSROC CORP., OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., PARS MANUFACTURING CO., PECORA CORP., RAPID AMERICAN CORP., RILEY STOKER CORP., BEVCO INDUSTRIES, ROCKBESTOS CO., SID HARVEY MID ATLANTIC, INC., UNION CARBIDE CORP., WEIL MCLAIN CO., WEINSTEIN SUPPLY CO., WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP., BELL & GOSSETT PUMP CO., BNS CO., BURNHAN HOLDINGS, CARRIER CORP., CRANE CO., CROUSE-HINDS, DURABLA, HERCULES CHEMICAL CO., KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP., WALTER B. GALLAGHER CO., ATCO, BORG-WARNER CORP., COLUMBIA BOILER CO., CHRYSLER CORP., FORD MOTOR CO., GENERAL MOTORS CORP., INGERSOLL RAND, JOHN CRANE, INC., MAREMONT CORP., PA BRAKE BONDING, PNEUMO ABEX CORP., UNITED GILSONITE LABORATORIES, INDUSTRIAL PETROLIC CORP., BBC BROWN BOVERI, BRAKE & CLUTCH CO. OF PHILADELPHIA, CARLISLE CORP., DAVIS BRAKE & EQUIPMENT CORP., MCARDLE DESCO CORP., MCCORD GASKET CO., RHEEM MANUFACTURING CO., ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL, RUUD CORP., SMS AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, SOS PRODUCTS CO., VELLUMOID INC., DEACON INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY COMPANY, CUTLER-HAMMER CO., WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE CO., GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., GOODYEAR CANADA, INC., CHESTER AUTO PARTS No. 2802 EDA 2007 2008 PA Super 290 Atlantic: 963 A.2d 521 Filed: 12/19/2008
	Appeal from the Judgment Entered July 16, 2007, In the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Civil at No. July Term, 2005, No. 3073
Before: BENDER, DONOHUE, and FREEDBERG, JJ.
Opinion by: FREEDBERG, J.
In this asbestos personal injury action, Appellant Sara Jane Weible, individually and as executrix of the estate of her late husband William Weible, appeals from orders granting summary judgment in favor of Borg-Warner Corporation (“Borg-Warner”), Brake & Clutch Company of Philadelphia (“B&C”), Carlisle Companies Incorporated (“Carlisle”), and McCord Corporation (“McCord”). William Weible was employed as a residential boiler installer for Philadelphia Electric Company, now known as PECO, and spent time in the presence of automobile mechanics at the PECO garage facility in Morton, Pennsylvania. The mechanics performed automobile maintenance and repairs, including daily brake and clutch work, and less frequent gasket work, with asbestos-containing brakes, clutches, and gaskets. We conclude that there is sufficient record evidence against Borg-Warner, B&C, and Carlisle to withstand summary judgment. Accordingly, we reverse and remand as to Borg-Warner, B&C, and Carlisle. We conclude that the trial court correctly entered summary judgment in favor of McCord and we affirm the grant of summary judgment as to McCord.

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