J-A05006-19
2019 PA Super 324
JOYCE E. KARDOS, EXECUTRIX OF : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE ESTATE OF NICHOLAS J. : PENNSYLVANIA KARDOS, DECEASED, AND JOYCE E. : KARDOS, IN HER OWN RIGHT : : Appellant : : v. : : ARMSTRONG PUMPS, INC.; ATLAS : INDUSTRIES, INC.; BADGER METER, : INC.; BALTIMORE & OHIO : RAILROAD, CHESAPEAKE & OHIO : RAILROAD, THE CHESSIE SYSTEM : RAILROAD, AND CSX : TRANSPORTATION, INC. AS : SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO ALL : THE FOREGOING; BLUE M; CARRIER : CORPORATION; CASHCO, INC.; 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; CHEVRON U.S.A. : PRODUCTS COMPANY, NOW KNOWN : AS CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY; : COOPER INDUSTRIES, LLC IN ITS : OWN RIGHT AND AS SUCCESSOR- : IN-INTEREST TO CROUSE HINDS : COMPANY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN- : INTEREST TO MCGRAW-EDISON : COMPANY; CRANE CO.; DEZURIK, : INC.; THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY; : FLOWSERVE US, INC., SOLEY AND : AS SUCCESSOR TO ROCKWELL : MANUFACTURING COMPANY, : ROCKWELL VALVES, INC., EDWARD : VOGT VALVE COMPANY, AND HILLS- : MCCANNA; FORT KENT HOLDINGS, : INC., IN ITS OWN RIGHT AND AS : SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO : DUNHAM BUSH, INC. AND WARREN : J-A05006-19
WEBSTER & CO.; GOULDS PUMPS, : INC.; GRINNELL LLC; HAMMOND : VALVE COMPANY; HEXAGON : MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE, IN : ITS OWN RIGHT AND AS : SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO : BROWN & SHARPE; HONEYWELL, : INC.; I.U. NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS : SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE : GARP COMPANY, FORMERLY KNOWN : AS THE GAGE AND SUPPLY : COMPANY; IMO INDUSTRIES, INC., : F/K/A IMO DELAVAL TURBINE, INC., : DELAVAL TURBINE, INC., DELAVLCO : CORPORATION; INDUSTRIAL : HOLDINGS CORPORATION F/K/A : CARBORUNDUM COMPANY; : INGERSOLL-RAND; INVENSYS; ITT : CORPORATION, F/K/A ITT : INDUSTRIES; JENDOCO : CONSTRUCTION; LEEDS & : NORTHRUP COMPANY; LIMBACH : COMPANY; M.S. JACOBS & : ASSOCIATES, INC.; METROPOLITAN : LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, A/K/A : METROPOLITAN INSURANCE : COMPANY; MILTON ROY COMPANY; : MINE SAFETY APPLIANCE COMPANY; : OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.; PATTERSON : KELLY CORPORATION, A/K/A : HARSCO CORPORATION; ROCKWELL : AUTOMATION, INC., IN ITS OWN : RIGHT AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN- : INTEREST TO ALLEN BRADLEY; : SAFETY FIRST INDUSTRIES, INC., IN : ITS OWN RIGHT AND AS : SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO : SAFETY FIRST SUPPLY, INC.; SPIRAX : SARCO, INC.; SQUARE D. COMPANY; : THE CLARK CONTROLLER COMPANY; : TRANE U.S. INC. F/K/A AMERICAN : STANDARD, INC. : : Appellees No. 62 WDA 2018
J-A05006-19
Appeal from the Final Order Entered December 6, 2017 In the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County Civil Division at No(s): No. G.D. 16-003521, No. G.D. 16-003523
BEFORE: GANTMAN, P.J.E., SHOGAN, J., and MURRAY, J.
OPINION BY GANTMAN, P.J.E.: FILED OCTOBER 28, 2019
Appellant, Joyce E. Kardos, Executrix of the Estate of Nicholas J. Kardos,
Deceased, and Joyce E. Kardos, in her own right, appeals from the final order
entered in the Allegheny County Court of Common