Staiano v. Johns-Manville Corp.

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• finding that, although documents attached to summary judgment motion should have been sworn exhibits, appellants failed to object before trial court; therefore, issue waived on appeal
• barring plaintiffs claim because each new disease did not reset limitations period
• dictum that pleural thickening and asbestosis are not separate diseases subject to different limitations periods
• “However, appellants did not object to the lower court considering the documents .... Their argument is therefore waived.”
• claim for pleural thickening would be time barred because action would have accrued on diagnosis of asbestosis
• \[N]ew limitation period does not start to run each time a new disease develops from the same tortious conduct of the defendant.\

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