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HAWTHORNE v. DRAVO CORP., KEYSTONE DIV.

352 Pa.Super. 359 (1986)

508 A.2d 298

Charles W. HAWTHORNE, Sr., Administrator of the Estate of Richard Daniel Hawthorne, Deceased v. DRAVO CORPORATION, KEYSTONE DIVISION, Appellant and Borough of Industry. Charles W. HAWTHORNE, Sr., Administrator of the Estate of Richard Daniel Hawthorne, Deceased, Appellant v. DRAVO CORPORATION, KEYSTONE DIVISION and Borough of Industry.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed February 21, 1986.

Reargument Denied April 28, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oran W. Panner, Beaver, for appellant (at 42) and for appellee (at 69).

John A. Miller, Beaver, for appellant (at 69) and for appellee (at 42).

Before WIEAND, DEL SOLE and HESTER, JJ.

WIEAND, Judge:

During the early morning hours of November 11, 1974, Richard D. Hawthorne drowned when the car he was driving plunged into the Ohio River in an area then being dredged by the Dravo Corporation (Dravo). The administrator of Hawthorne's estate commenced wrongful death and survival actions against Dravo. He alleged that Dravo, in dredging too close to the shoreline, had negligently created a drop-off into deep water without warning. Dravo caused the Borough...

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