Ieropoli v. AC&S Corp.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
842 A.2d 919 (2004)
- Written by Deanna Curl, JD
Facts
In February 1996, Crown Cork and Seal Company, Inc. (defendant) acquired and merged with Mundet Cork Corporation, a company with a division that manufactured, sold, and installed asbestos insulation. Following the merger, Crown Cork was repeatedly sued as successor to Mundet and paid $336 million on asbestos-related claims. In 2000, Frank Ieropoli (plaintiff) filed multiple contract and tort actions against Crown Cork and 24 other defendants based on his exposure to asbestos products when he worked as a machinist from 1947 until 1979. In 2002, Crown Cork moved for summary judgment in several hundred pending asbestos-related cases, including Ieropoli’s, alleging that recovery was barred by a Pennsylvania statute that limited the liability of successor corporations for asbestos-related claims. The trial court granted summary judgment, and Ieropoli appealed, arguing that the asbestos-liability statute was unconstitutional under the remedies clause of the Pennsylvania Constitution.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Cappy, C.J.)
Dissent (Newman, J.)
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