NELSON v. AIRCO WELDERS SUPPLY

No. 865 EDA 2011.

107 A.3d 146 (2014)

Darlene NELSON, Executrix of the Estate of James Nelson v. AIRCO WELDERS SUPPLY, Allied Signal (a/k/a Allied Corp.), American Standard, A.W. Chesterton, Inc., Basic, Inc., Bayer CropScience, Inc., (f/k/a Aventis CropScience, USA, Inc.), Achem Products, Inc., Rhone Poulenc, AG Co. and Benjamin Foster Company, Beazer East (a/k/a Koopers Co., Inc. and Kooper), Bird, Inc., BOC Group, Borg-Warner Corp., Brand Insulations, Inc., CBS Corporation (f/k/a Viacom, Inc. and Westinghouse Electric Corporation), Certainteed Corporation, Chrysler Corp. (a/k/a AMC, Northwest Auto Rental Co. and Chrysler Service Contract Co.), Crane Co., Demming Division, Crane Packing, ESAB Welding and Cutting Equipment, EJ Lavino & Co., Eutectic Corp., Ferro Engineering, Ford Motor Co., Foseco, Inc., Foster Wheeler Corporation, Garlock, Inc., General Electric Company, General Motors Corp., George V. Hamilton, Inc., Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Gould Pumps, Inc., Green, Tweed & Company, Inc., Hajoca Plumbing Supply Company, Harnischfeger Corp., Hedman Resources Limited (f/k/a Hedman Mines Ltd.), Hobart Brothers Co., Honeywell International, Inc., Ingersoll Rand Co., Joy Global Inc., Lincoln Electric Co., Lukens Steel Co., Mallinckrodt Group, Inc. (f/k/a International Minerals & Chemicals Corp.), Melrath Gasket, Inc., Mine Safety Appliance (MSA), Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Nosrock Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pep Boys (a/k/a Manny, Moe and Jack), Union Carbide Corp., Universal Refractories Division of Thiem Corporation. Appeal of Crane Co. Darlene Nelson, Executrix of the Estate of James Nelson v. Airco Welders Supply, Allied Signal (a/k/a Allied Corp.), American Standard, A.W. Chesterton, Inc., Basic, Inc., Bayer CropScience, Inc., (f/k/a Aventis CropScience, USA, Inc.), Achem Products, Inc., Rhone Poulenc, AG Co. and Benjamin Foster Company, Beazer East (a/k/a Koopers Co., Inc. and Kooper), Bird, Inc., BOC Group, Borg-Warner Corp., Brand Insulations, Inc., CBS Corporation (f/k/a Viacom, Inc. and Westinghouse Electric Corporation), Certainteed Corporation, Chrysler Corp. (a/k/a AMC, Northwest Auto Rental Co. and Chrysler Service Contract Co.), Crane Co., Demming Division, Crane Packing, ESAB Welding and Cutting Equipment, EJ Lavino & Co., Eutectic Corp., Ferro Engineering, Ford Motor Co., Foseco, Inc., Foster Wheeler Corporation, Garlock, Inc., General Electric Company, General Motors Corp., George V. Hamilton, Inc., Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Gould Pumps, Inc., Green, Tweed & Company, Inc., Hajoca Plumbing Supply Company, Harnischfeger Corp., Hedman Resources Limited (f/k/a Hedman Mines Ltd.), Hobart Brothers Co., Honeywell International, Inc., Ingersoll Rand Co., Joy Global Inc., Lincoln Electric Co., Lukens Steel Co., Mallinckrodt Group, Inc. (f/k/a International Minerals & Chemicals Corp.), Melrath Gasket, Inc., Mine Safety Appliance (MSA), Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Nosrock Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pep Boys (a/k/a Manny, Moe and Jack), Union Carbide Corp., Universal Refractories Division of Thiem Corporation. Appeal of Hobart Brothers Co. Darlene Nelson, Executrix of the Estate of James Nelson v. Airco Welders Supply, Allied Signal (a/k/a Allied Corp.), American Standard, A.W. Chesterton, Inc., Basic, Inc., Bayer CropScience, Inc., (f/k/a Aventis CropScience, USA, Inc.), Achem Products, Inc., Rhone Poulenc, AG Co. and Benjamin Foster Company, Beazer East (a/k/a Koopers Co., Inc. and Kooper), Bird, Inc., BOC Group, Borg-Warner Corp., Brand Insulations, Inc., CBS Corporation (f/k/a Viacom, Inc. and Westinghouse Electric Corporation), Certainteed Corporation, Chrysler Corp. (a/k/a AMC, Northwest Auto Rental Co. and Chrysler Service Contract Co.), Crane Co., Demming Division, Crane Packing, ESAB Welding and Cutting Equipment, EJ Lavino & Co., Eutectic Corp., Ferro Engineering, Ford Motor Co., Foseco, Inc., Foster Wheeler Corporation, Garlock, Inc., General Electric Company, General Motors Corp., George V. Hamilton, Inc., Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Gould Pumps, Inc., Green, Tweed & Company, Inc., Hajoca Plumbing Supply Company, Harnischfeger Corp., Hedman Resources Limited (f/k/a Hedman Mines Ltd.), Hobart Brothers Co., Honeywell International, Inc., Ingersoll Rand Co., Joy Global Inc., Lincoln Electric Co., Lukens Steel Co., Mallinckrodt Group, Inc. (f/k/a International Minerals & Chemicals Corp.), Melrath Gasket, Inc., Mine Safety Appliance (MSA), Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Nosrock Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pep Boys (a/k/a Manny, Moe and Jack), Union Carbide Corp., Universal Refractories Division of Thiem Corporation. Appeal of Lincoln Electric Co. Darlene Nelson, Executrix of the Estate of James Nelson, and in her own Right, Appellant v. Airco Welders Supply, Allied Signal (a/k/a Allied Corp.), American Standard, A.W. Chesterton, Inc., Basic, Inc., Bayer CropScience, Inc., (f/k/a Aventis CropScience, USA, Inc.), Achem Products, Inc., Rhone Poulenc, AG Co. and Benjamin Foster Company, Beazer East (a/k/a Koopers Co., Inc. and Kooper), Bird, Inc., BOC Group, Borg-Warner Corp., Brand Insulations, Inc., CBS Corporation (f/k/a Viacom, Inc. and Westinghouse Electric Corporation), Certainteed Corporation, Chrysler Corp. (a/k/a AMC, Northwest Auto Rental Co. and Chrysler Service Contract Co.), Crane Co., Demming Division, Crane Packing, ESAB Welding and Cutting Equipment, EJ Lavino & Co., Eutectic Corp., Ferro Engineering, Ford Motor Co., Foseco, Inc., Foster Wheeler Corporation, Garlock, Inc., General Electric Company, General Motors Corp., George V. Hamilton, Inc., Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Gould Pumps, Inc., Green, Tweed & Company, Inc., Hajoca Plumbing Supply Company, Harnischfeger Corp., Hedman Resources Limited (f/k/a Hedman Mines Ltd.), Hobart Brothers Co., Honeywell International, Inc., Ingersoll Rand Co., Joy Global Inc., Lincoln Electric Co., Lukens Steel Co., Mallinckrodt Group, Inc. (f/k/a International Minerals & Chemicals Corp.), Melrath Gasket, Inc., Mine Safety Appliance (MSA), Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Nosrock Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pep Boys (a/k/a Manny, Moe and Jack), Union Carbide Corp., Universal Refractories Division of Thiem Corporation.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Ross , Pittsburgh, for Crane.

John J. Hare , Philadelphia, and Joseph A. Del Sole , Pittsburgh, for Lincoln Electric Co. & Hobart Brothers Co.

Steven J. Cooperstein , Philadelphia, for Darlene Nelson.

BEFORE: FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.E., BENDER, P.J.E., BOWES, J., SHOGAN, J., ALLEN, J., OTT, J., WECHT, J., STABILE, J., and JENKINS, J.


In this asbestos action, the parties appeal from the judgment entered in Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in favor of Darlene Nelson, both individually and as Executrix of the Estate of James Nelson, in the amount of $14.5 million. Appellants/Cross Appellees consist of Crane Co., Hobart Brothers Company, and Lincoln...

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