LEONARD v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.


771 A.2d 1238 (2001)

Harold LEONARD and Angela Leonard, His Wife, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation; and Perini, Corp.; and Peter Kiewit and Son Company; and Kiewit Eastern Co., incorrectly identified as Kiewit Eastern Corporation and Kiewit/Perini, A Joint Venture; and High Steel Structures, Inc.; and Cornell and Company; and Construction Methods and Coordination, Inc. (CMC), Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis S. Fine, Honesdale, Louis S. Perez, for Harold & Angela Leonard.

Laurence M. Kelly, Montrose, for Amicus-PA trial Lawyers Assn.

Victoria M. Komarnicki, Philadelphia, for PennDOT.

Arthur B. Keppel, Edward J. David, Philadelphia, for Cornell & Company.

John Kent, Anne M. Manero, Philadelphia, for High Steel Structures, Inc.

Jeffrey German, Philadelphia, for Kiewitt Eastern Co.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, JJ.


OPINION

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by allowance from an order of Commonwealth Court which affirmed an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County denying a motion to vacate compulsory nonsuits and directed verdicts in a personal injury action. The action sought compensation for injuries that Harold Leonard, appellant, sustained while employed as an iron worker at a bridge construction site. Appellees, the defendants in this...

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