Case Name: Margaret HOWARD and Robert Howard, Co-Executors of the Estate of John C. Ravert, Deceased, Respondents v. A.W. CHESTERTON CO., Ace Hardware Corp., Monsey Products Co., Pecora Corp. and Union Carbide Corp. Petition of Pecora Corp.
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2012-10-11
Citations: 618 Pa. 152
Docket Number: No. 56 EAL 2012
Parties: Margaret HOWARD and Robert Howard, Co-Executors of the Estate of John C. Ravert, Deceased, Respondents v. A.W. CHESTERTON CO., Ace Hardware Corp., Monsey Products Co., Pecora Corp. and Union Carbide Corp. Petition of Pecora Corp.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 618
Pages: 152–153

Head Matter:
55 A.3d 1045
Margaret HOWARD and Robert Howard, Co-Executors of the Estate of John C. Ravert, Deceased, Respondents v. A.W. CHESTERTON CO., Ace Hardware Corp., Monsey Products Co., Pecora Corp. and Union Carbide Corp. Petition of Pecora Corp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Oct. 11, 2012.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 11th day of October 2012, the Cross-Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues for argument, rephrased for clarity, are:
(1) Does the Superior Court's holding, which permits a plaintiff who fails to produce sufficient evidence of regularity, frequency and proximity of exposure to a defendant's specific asbestos containing product to defeat summary judgment by submitting generic, non-case-specific expert affidavits, conflict with this Court's holding in Gregg v. V-J Auto Parts, 596 Pa. 274, 943 A.2d 216 (2007)?
(2) Does the Superior Court's holding that a plaintiff need not produce evidence that a defendant's asbestos-containing product produced dust conflict with this Court's holding in Gregg v. V-J Auto Parts, 596 Pa. 274, 943 A.2d 216 (2007)?