Court Opinion

ID: 9890650
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-13 20:09:25.558781+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:34:39.150535
License: Public Domain

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                           WESTERN DISTRICT

BRAD LEE HEROLD, AS EXECUTOR OF         :   No. 94 WAL 2023
THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM L. HEROLD         :
                                        :
                                        :   Petition for Allowance of Appeal
           v.                           :   from the Order of the
                                        :   Commonwealth Court
                                        :
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             :
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        :

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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

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                                           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.

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