Court Opinion

ID: 9752221
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 17:49:42.577845+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:27:10.624594
License: Public Domain

POPOVICH, Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the result. However, in my view, it was unnecessary to consider whether the Eckenrod standard was met in this case. As stated by the majority, the only evidence that the product Kaylo was present at the steel plant in Monessen was the deposition testimony of James DeRocco, another steelworker. His testimony was that Kaylo, manufactured by Owens Corning, was purchased and used at the plant. The majority points out that while Kaylo was still produced during the time of the appellant’s *268exposure to asbestos, it was free of all asbestos after 1972. There is no evidence that the purchase of the Kaylo product by the plant was made prior to 1972 or that the Kaylo used at the plant was in fact the Kaylo containing asbestos or the Kaylo which did not contain asbestos.
We therefore agree that appellant’s allegations against Owens Corning cannot withstand appellee’s motion for summary judgment but do so without necessity of reaching the Eckenrod analysis.