Adult Children • Pecuniary Loss • Asbestos Action • Settlement Petition • Wrongful Death

Campbell v. A.O. Smith Corp., PICS Case No. 16-0566 (Pa. Super. April 25, 2016) (memorandum) Jenkins, J. (21 pages).

Trial court properly held that widow was the only compensable wrongful death beneficiary in underlying asbestos action brought when decedent was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, because decedent’s adult children did not prove the required pecuniary loss. Affirmed.