Superior Court - HERBERT L. DALEY AND EVELYN DALEY, H/W vs. A.W. CHESTERTON, INC. AND U.S. SUPPLY COMPANY AND DURO-DYNE CORPORATION

HERBERT L. DALEY AND EVELYN DALEY, H/W vs. A.W. CHESTERTON, INC. AND U.S. SUPPLY COMPANY AND DURO-DYNE CORPORATION No. 2763 EDA 2006 2009 PA Super 71 Atlantic: 971 A.2d 1258 Petition for Reargument Denied 6/19/2009 Filed: 4/15/2009
	Appeal from the Order dated September 12, 2006 In the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County Civil, October Term, 2005, No. 2640
Before: MUSMANNO, GANTMAN, AND PANELLA, JJ.
Opinion by: GANTMAN, J.
Herbert L. Daley and Evelyn Daley, h/w, (collectively “Appellant”) ask us to determine whether the trial court erred when it granted summary judgment in favor of Appellees, A.W. Chesterton Inc., U.S. Supply Company, and Duro-Dyne Corporation, and dismissed Appellant’s complaint with prejudice, based on the court’s interpretation of Marinari v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd., 612 A.2d 1021, 1028 (Pa.Super. 1992) (en banc). We hold the trial court misapplied the law in granting summary judgment in favor of Appellees based on the court’s unduly restrictive interpretation of the separate disease rule in Marinari. Accordingly, we vacate the order granting summary judgment in favor of Appellees and remand the case to the trial court for further proceedings.

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