IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
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`JOHN J. LOVAT,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`DEZURIK, ET AL.
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`Pleading:
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`Defendants.
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`Plaintiff’s Counsel:
`GOLDBERG, PERSKY, & WHITE
`1030 Fifth Avenue
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`CIVIL DIVISION - ASBESTOS
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`No. GD00-13977
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`Issue No.
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`DEZURIK’S
`MOTION FOR SUMMARY
`JUDGMENT BASED ON LACK OF
`PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
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`Code No. 012 Asbestos
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`Filed on behalf of Defendant,
`DEZURIK
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`Counsel of Record for this Party:
`John J. Repcheck, Esquire
`Pa. I.D. #00939
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`MARKS, O’NEILL, O’BRIEN
`& COURTNEY, P.C.
`Firm #263
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`2600 Gulf Tower
`707 Grant Street
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
`(412) 391-6171
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`DEZURIK’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
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`Dezurik moves for summary judgment in the within action for the following
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`reasons:
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`1.
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`This action was commenced by the filing of a Complaint in Civil Action
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`on or about August 16, 2000.
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`2.
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`The Complaint alleges that John J. Lovat was injured as the result of
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`exposure to asbestos-containing products supplied by the defendants.
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`3.
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`Mr. Lovat has not been deposed, therefore, he did not identify Dezurik as
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`the manufacturer or supplier of any asbestos-containing products to which he had been exposed.
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`4.
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`Plaintiff was served with Interrogatories seeking information about any
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`evidence which plaintiff claimed would establish that Mr. Lovat’s alleged injuries were caused
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`by exposure to the asbestos-containing products of the various defendants.
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`5.
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`Plaintiff’s Answers to Interrogatories do not identify Dezurik as the
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`manufacturer or supplier of any asbestos-containing products to which Mr. Lovat was exposed.
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`6.
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`There is no competent evidence that any co-worker witnesses used any
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`asbestos-containing products manufactured or supplied by Dezurik in the same area as the
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`plaintiff.
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`7.
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`Since there has been no identification of this defendant or its products with
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`those that allegedly injured plaintiff this defendant is entitled to summary judgment as a matter
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`of law.
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`WHEREFORE, Dezurik respectfully requests this Honorable Court to enter
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`summary judgment in its favor against all parties as to plaintiff’s claim and as to all crossclaims.
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`MARKS O’NEIL, O’BRIEN & COURTNEY, P.C.
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`BY:____________________________________
`John M. Schollaert, Esquire
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`Attorney for Defendant
` Dezurik
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I the undersigned hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing
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`pleading was served by first class mail, postage prepaid, on this 22nd day of October 2007, on
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`the following:
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`GOLDBERG, PERSKY & WHITE, P.C.
`1030 Fifth Avenue, Third Floor
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219-6295
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`DAN MCDYER ESQUIRE
`ANSTANDIG MCDYER BURDETTE & YURCON
`1300 Gulf Tower
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`CONCETTA A. SILVAGGIO, ESQUIRE
`R. KENNETH WILLMAN, ESQUIRE
`WILLMAN & ARNOLD
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`705 McKnight Park Drive
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15237
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`RALPH A. DAVIES, ESQUIRE
`DAVIES, McFARLAND & CARROLL, P.C.
`One Gateway Center, 10th Floor
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1416
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`RICHARD C. POLLEY, ESQUIRE
`DICKIE, McCAMEY & CHILCOTE
`Two PPG Place, Suite 400
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15222-5402
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`HUNTER McGEARY, ESQUIRE
`508 Walnut Road
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15202
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`CATHY R. GORDON, ESQUIRE
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`SWARTZ CAMPBELL LLC
`4750 US Steel Tower, 600 Grant Street
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`JOSEPH S.D. CHRISTOF, II, ESQ.
`DICKIE, McCAMEY & CHILCOTE
`Two PPG Place, Suite 400
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15222-5402
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`MATTHEW R. WIMER, ESQUIRE
`WIMER LAW OFFICES, P.C.
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`655 Allegheny Avenue
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`Oakmont, PA 15139
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`CHARLES S. WARREN, ESQUIRE
`HEINTZMAN, WARREN & WISE
`Gulf Tower, 35th Floor
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`707 Grant Street
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1913
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`THERESE M. KELLEY, ESQUIRE
`McCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP
`The Mellon Bank Center
`1735 Market Street, Suite 700
`Philadelphia, PA 19103-7501
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`STEPHEN R. MLINAC, ESQUIRE
`SWARTZ CAMPBELL LLC
`4750 US Steel Tower, 600 Grant Street
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`EDMUND OLSZEWSKI, JR., ESQ.
`DICKIE, McCAMEY & CHILCOTE
`Two PPG Place, Suite 400
`Pittsburgh, PA 15222-5402
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`ROBERT HASTINGS, ESQUIRE
`DICKIE, McCAMEY & CHILCOTE
`Two PPG Place, Suite 400
` Pittsburgh, PA 15222-5402
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`KENNETH MROZ, ESQUIRE
`SWARTZ CAMPBELL LLC
`4750 US Steel Tower, 600 Grant Street
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`L. JOHN ARGENTO, ESQUIRE
`SWARTZ CAMPBELL LLC
`4750 US Steel Tower, 600 Grant Street
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`JENNIFER WATSON, ESQUIRE
`WILBRAHAM, LAWLER & BUBA
`Two Gateway Center, 17 North
`603 Stanwix Street
`Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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`GREGORY L. FITZPATRICK, ESQUIRE
`MARGOLIS EDELSTEIN
`1525 William Penn Place
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2203
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`C. JAMES ZESZUTEK, ESQUIRE
`MICHAEL R. BUCCI, JR., ESQUIRE
`THORP, REED & ARMSTRONG, LLP
`One Oxford Centre
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`301 Grant Street, 14th Floor
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1425
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`KEITH E. WHITSON, ESQUIRE
`SCHNADER, HARRISON, SEGAL & LEWIS, L.L.P.
`120 Fifth Avenue
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`Suite 2700, Fifth Avenue Place
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3010
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`KATHY CONDO, ESQUIRE
`REED, SMITH, SHAW & McCLAY
`435 Sixth Avenue, P.O. Box 2009
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15230
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`NICHOLAS P. VARI, ESQUIRE
`KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART, L.L.P.
`Henry W. Oliver Building
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`535 Smithfield Street
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2312
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`MICHELLE PRIOA, ESQUIRE
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`PETER B. SKEEL, ESQUIRE
`SUMMERS, McDONNELL, WALSH & SKEEL
`Gulf Tower, Suite 2400
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`707 Grant Street
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`ARTHUR BAKER, ESQUIRE
`THE LAW OFFICES OF JAMES R. FENCHEL
`445 Fort Pitt Boulevard
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`KEVIN C. TIERNEY, ESQUIRE
`TIERNEY LAW OFFICES
`1125 Land Title Building
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`100 South Broad Street
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`Philadelphia, PA 19110
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`TIMOTHY R. SMITH, ESQUIRE
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`ZIMMER KUNZ, P.C.
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`3300 U.S. Steel Tower, 600 Grant St.
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2702
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`TONY D. SKEES, ESQUIRE
`GREGORY L. FITZPATRICK, ESQUIRE
`MARGOLIS EDELSTEIN
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`525 William Penn Place
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2203
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`ERIC FALK, ESQUIRE
`DAVIES, McFARLAND & CARROLL, P.C.
`One Gateway Center
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`10th Floor
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1416
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`MILES A. KIRSHNER, ESQUIRE
`MARGOLIS EDELSTEIN
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`525 William Penn Place
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`CHRISTIAN D MARQUIS ESQUIRE
`MARSHALL, DENNEHEY, WARNER, COLEMAN & GOGGIN
`2900 U.S. Steel Tower
`600 Grant Street
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`MARK F. McKENNA, ESQUIRE
`McKENNA & CHIODO, P.C.
`436 Boulevard of the Allies, Suite 500
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1314
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`RICHARD E. RUSH, ESQUIRE
`THOMSON, RHODES & COWIE, P.C.
`Two Chatham Center, 10th Floor
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3499
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`CY GOLDBERG, ESQUIRE
`GOLDBERG, MOORE & MILLER, P.C.
`The North American Building
`121 South Broad Street, Suite 1500
`Philadelphia, PA 19107
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`A.L. EMCH, ESQUIRE
`JACKSON & KELLY, PLLC
`1600 Laidley Tower
`P.O. Box 553
`Charleston, WV 25322
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`DAVID ROSENBERG ESQUIRE
`WEBER GALLAGHER
`1450 Two Gateway Center
`Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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`KATHRYN JOHNSTON, ESQUIRE
`DENNIS F. WOLFORD, ESQUIRE
`REED, LUCE, TOSH, WOLFORD & DOUGLASS
`804 Turnpike Street
`Beaver, PA 15009-2114
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`MICHAEL MAGEE ESQUIRE
`PAUL K. VEY, ESQUIRE
`PIETRAGALLO, BOSICK & GORDON
`One Oxford Centre, 38th Floor
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`DALE K. FORSYTHE, ESQUIRE
`WAYMAN, IRVIN & McAULEY
`1624 Frick Building
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`JAMES F. ISRAEL, ESQUIRE
`GACA MATIS BAUM & RIZZA
`4 Gateway Center,
`3rd Floor
`Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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`MARY DRAKE KORSMEYER, ESQUIRE
`PEACOCK, KELLER, ECKER & CROTHERS, L.L.P.
`70 East Beau Street
`Washington, PA 15301
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`DANIEL SINCLAIR, ESQUIRE
`SWENSEN, PERER & KONTOS
`2501 One Oxford Center
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`ROBERT D LEIDIGH ESQUIRE
`GROGAN, GRAFFAM, McGINLEY & LUCCHINO
`Four Gateway Center, 12th Floor
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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`MICHAEL A. MARTIN, ESQUIRE
`633 Washington Road
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15229
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`STEWART R. SINGER, ESQUIRE
`SALMON RICHEZZA SINGER & TURCHI
`1700 Market Street
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`Suite 3110
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`Philadelphia, PA 19103
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`KITCH, SAUBRIER, DRUTCHAS,
`WAGNER & KENNEY, P.C.
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`Case Administration Department
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`2790 Columbus Road
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`Route 16, Building 53
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`Granville, OH 43023-1200
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`PETER D GIGLIONE ESQUIRE
`MARSHALL DENNEHEY
`2900 US Steel Tower
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`600 Grant Street
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`MICHAEL P CREEDON ESQUIRE
`29 East Marshall Street
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`Norristown, PA 19401
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`RICHARD E. BLISS, ESQUIRE
`MARGOLIS EDELSTEIN
`525 William Penn Plaxw
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`LEO G. DALY, ESQUIRE
`GROGAN, GRAFFAM, McGINLEY, P.C.
`Four Gateway Center
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`12th Floor
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1009
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`DENNIS R. McEWEN, ESQUIRE
`ERIC HORNE, ESQUIRE
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`ECKERT, SEAMANS, CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC
`U.S. Steel Tower, 44th Floor
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`600 Grant Street
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`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`JONI M. MANGINO, ESQUIRE
`ALEXANDER P. BICKET, ESQUIRE
`ZIMMER KUNZ, P.C.
`3300 U.S. Steel Tower, 600 Grant St.
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2702
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`JOSEPH P. KLEIN, ESQUIRE
`SWARTZ, CAMPBELL & DETWEILER
`115 North Jackson Street
`Media, PA 19063
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`SIBYL McNULTY, ESQUIRE
`RILEY, HEWITT WITTE & ROMANO
`650 Washington Road, Suite 300
`Pittsburgh, PA 15228
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`PATRICK G. BARRY, ESQUIRE
`COHEN & GRIGSBY, P.C.
`11 Stanwix Street
`15th Floor
`Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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`ANNE HARMAN, ESQUIRE
`BAILEY, RILEY, BUCH & HARMAN
`900 Riley Building
`P.O. Box 631
`Wheeling, WV 26003-0081
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`JOSEPH R. SCHAPER, ESQUIRE
`HEINTZMAN, WARREN & WISE
`Gulf Tower, 35th Floor
`707 Grant Street
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1913
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`DOROTHY DAVIS, ESQUIRE
`BUCHANAN INGERSOLL, P.C.
`One Oxford Centre
`301 Grant Street, 20th Floor
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1410
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`M. KATHLEEN CANTY, ESQUIRE
`MALONE, LARCHUK & MIDDLEMAN, P.C.
`Northridge Office Plaza
`117 VIP Drive, Suite 310
`Wexford, PA 15090
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`RICHARD H. TAYLOR, ESQUIRE
`U.S. STEEL
`600 Grant Street
`Suite 1500, Law Department
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2749
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`ROBERT N. SPINELLI, ESQUIRE
`KELLEY, JASONS, McGUIRE & SPINELLI, L.L.P.
`Two Liberty Place, 19th Floor
`50 South 16th Street
`Philadelphia, PA 19102
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`LEXI L. FULTON, ESQUIRE
`MARSHALL, DENNEHEY, WARNER, COLEMAN & GOGGIN
`2900 U.S. Steel Tower
`600 Grant Street
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`MARKS O’NEIL, O’BRIEN & COURTNEY, P.C.
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`BY:____________________________________
`John M. Schollaert, Esquire
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`Attorney for Defendant
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`JOHN J. LOVAT,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`- vs -
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`DEZURIK, et al.,
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`IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
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`) CIVIL DIVISION - ASBESTOS
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`) No. GD00-13977
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`Defendants.
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`ORDER OF COURT
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`AND NOW, to wit, this ______ day of _____________________, 20__, it is
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`hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the Motion for Summary Judgment filed
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`on behalf of Dezurik is hereby ____________________, both as to plaintiff’s Complaint and as
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`to all crossclaims.
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`BY THE COURT:
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`______________________________________J.
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