Title: Uni of Pgh, et al v. Herold, W. of Uni of Pgh - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT BRAD LEE HEROLD, AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM L. HEROLD v. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND 3M COMPANY; ABB MOTORS AND MECHANICAL, INC. F/K/A BALDOR ELECTRIC COMPANY; ALLIED GLOVE CORPORATION; A.O. SMITH CORPORATION; ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL, INC.; AURORA PUMP COMPANY; BALTIMORE AIRCOIL COMPANY, INC.; BEAZER EAST, INC. INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR TO KOPPERS COMPANY, INC., AND SUCCESSOR-IN INTEREST TO THIEM CORPORATION AND UNIVERSAL REFRACTORIES COMPANY; BMI REFRACTOR SERVICES, INC.; INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN- INTEREST TO PREMIER REFRACTORIES, INC., F/K/A ADIENCE, INC., SUCCESSOR- IN-INTEREST TO ADIENCE COMPANY, LP, AS SUCCESSOR TO BMI, INC.;BURNHAM BOILER CORPORATION N/D/B/A BURNHAM COMMERCIAL; BRYAN STEAM, LLC; CARRIER CORPORATION; CBS CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION, F/K/A VIACOM INC., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CBS CORPORATION, A PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATION, F/K/A WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION AND WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY; CLEAVER BROOKS, INC., F/K/A AQUA-CHEM, INC. D/B/A CLEAVER BROOKS DIVISION; CRANE CO.; DELVAL EQUIPMENT : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 94 WAL 2023 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court [94 WAL 2023] - 2 CORPORATION; DEZURIK, INC.; DONALD MCKAY SMITH, INC.; DUNHAM-BUSH, INC.; E.E. ZIMMERMAN COMPANY; EATON CORPORATION IN ITS OWN RIGHT AND AS SUCCESSOR TO CUTLER-HAMMER,INCORPORATED; EICHLEAY CORPORATION; FERRO ENGINEERING DIVISION OF ON MARINE SERVICES COMPANY, LLC, F/K/A OGLEBAY NORTON COMPANY;FLOWSERVE US, INC., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR TO BYRON JACKSON PUMPS, FLOWSERVEGESTRA, DURAMETALLIC CORP., ALDRICH PUMPS; CAMERON PUMPS; VOGT VALVES;WILSON-SNYDER CENTRIFUGAL PUMP; AND ROCKWELL VALVES; FMC CORPORATION, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN- INTEREST TO PEERLESS PUMP COMPANY, CHICAGO PUMP COMPANY, STERLING FLUID SYSTEM, INC. AND FORMER SUBSIDIARY CROSBY VALVE, INC.; FOSECO, INC.; FOSTER WHEELER CORPORATION; GARDNER DENVER, INC.; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; GRINNELL LLC; GOULDS PUMPS, LLC; I.U. NORTH AMERICA, INC.; AMERICA, INC. AS SUCCESSOR-BY-MERGER TO THE GARP COMPANY, F/K/A THE GAGE COMPANY, F/K/A PITTSBURGH GAGE AND SUPPLY COMPANY; IMO INDUSTRIES, INC., F/K/A IMO DELAVAL, INC., F/K/A TRANSAMERICAN DELAVAL, INC., F/K/A DELAVAL TURBIN, INC., DELAVAL TURBIN, INC., DEVALCO CORPORATION; INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY; INSUL COMPANY, INC.; ITT CORPORATION, F/K/A ITT INDUSTRIES, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN- INTEREST TO BELL & GOSSETT DOMESTIC PUMP; J.H. FRANCE REFRACTORIES COMPANY; KRUMAN EQUIPMENT COMPANY; MALLINCKRODT US LLC, IN ITS OWN RIGHT AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO IMCERA : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : [94 WAL 2023] - 3 GROUP, INC., AND INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC., AND INTERNATIONAL MINERALS AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, AND AS SUCCESSOR- IN-INTEREST TO E.J. LAVINO; MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY, LLC AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST BY MERGER WITH MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY; MINNOTTE CONTRACTING CORPORATION; M.S. JACOBS & ASSOCIATES, INC.; NAGLE PUMPS, INC.; PEERLESS INDUSTRIES, INC.; POWER PIPING COMPANY; RILEY POWER INC.; SAFETY FIRST INDUSTRIES, INC., IN ITS OWN RIGHT AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN- INTEREST TO SAFETY-FIRST SUPPLY, INC.; SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC. F/K/A SQUARE D COMPANY, IN ITS OWN RIGHT AND AS SUCCESSOR TO THE ELECTRIC CONTROLLER AND MANUFACTURING (EC&M); SPIRAX SARCO, INC.; SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., F/K/A MARLEY COOLING TECHNOLOGIES INC., F/K/A THE MARLEY COOLING COMPANY; TACO, INC. F/K/A TACO HEATERS, INC.; THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY; THE GORDON-RUPP COMPANY; THE H.B. SMITH COMPANY, INC.; TRANE U.S. INC., SUCCESSOR-BY- MERGER TO AMERICAN STANDARD, INC., UNION CARBRIDE CORPORATION; UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION; WARREN PUMPS LLC; WEIL-MCLAIN COMPANY, INC.; YORK INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION; AND ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC F/K/A ZURN INDUSTRIES, INC. A/K/A ERIE CITY IRON WORKS PETITION OF: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : [94 WAL 2023] - 4 ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 13th day of October, 2023, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is: Whether the Commonwealth Court opinion: (A) conflicts with other appellate court decisions, in that it: (1) fails to overrule the [t]rial [c]ourt’s determination that the [t]rial [c]ourt, rather than the workers’ compensation authorities, has subject matter jurisdiction over Mr. Herold’s asbestos-related occupational disease claim against his employer under the ODA, and (2) fails to uphold the express language of the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act, including its exclusive remedy provision; and (B) presents questions of substantial public importance that require prompt and definitive resolution by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The Application for Relief in the Nature of a Stay, the Supplemental Answer to Application for Relief in the Nature of a Stay, and the Application for Leave to File Notice of Supplemental Authority to Application for Relief in the Nature of a Stay are DENIED as moot.