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Thomas Francis GALLAGHER, Jr., and Carol Gallagher, his wife, Appellants, v. PITTSBURGH CORNING CORPORATION, Appellee.
    No. 91-2919.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    Oct. 13, 1992.
    Rehearing Denied Dec. 8, 1992.
    David M. Lipman, for appellants.
    Blaire & Cole, Louise H. McMurray, for appellee.
    Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FERGUSON and GERSTEN, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

The Gallaghers commenced this action for injuries caused by exposure to the ap-pellee’s product, on theories of negligence and strict liability. This appeal is brought, after an adverse jury verdict on the negligence count, from a pretrial omnibus order which dismissed the strict liability count. We reverse for a trial on the authority of Beraglia v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., 606 So.2d 1213 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992), which holds that a plaintiff in an asbestos litigation is entitled to proceed to trial on a strict liability claim so long as the claim does not duplicate the negligence claim.

Reversed and remanded.