Pa. Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment in Favor of Crane Co.

PHILADELPHIA -- A Pennsylvania appellate court has vacated an award of summary judgment entered in favor of asbestos defendant Crane Co., after the court determined that the plaintiffs had established that there was a causal connection between the decedent's mesothelioma and the defendant's products. Linster, et al. v. Allied Signal Inc., et al., No. 2011 PA Super 86 (Pa. Super. Ct.).

In the April 21 ruling, the Pennsylvania Superior Court found that although the decedent could have worked with other products containing asbestos, that issue is one of apportionment of liability and it does "not affect the sufficiency of the …