Court Opinion

ID: 9766592
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 04:54:15.371375+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:23.912455
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BECK, J.,
Concurring.
¶ 1 I concur in the result reached by the majority because the record reveals that appellant produced sufficient evidence of product identification to overcome the motion for summary judgment. In this case, appellant himself was able to provide direct evidence of identification, and thus circumstantial evidence was not required. “Whether direct or circumstantial evidence is relied upon, our inquiry, under a motion for summary judgment, must be whether plaintiff has pointed to sufficient material facts in the record to indicate that there is a genuine issue of material fact as to the causation” of the plaintiffs disease. Eckenrod v. GAF Corp., 375 Pa.Super. 187, 544 A.2d 50, 53 (1988). In this case, I find the general principles of Eckenrod applicable. Where appellant himself testified about his exposure to the appellees’ products and provided sufficient evidence of product identification, the trial court’s grant of summary judgment was error.