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O'CONNELL v. ROEFARO

391 Pa. 52 (1958)

O'Connell v. Roefaro (et al., Appellant).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 6, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Challener, Jr., for appellant.

George S. Goldstein, with him John B. Flaherty, John R. Dierst, Jr., and Robert E. Wayman, for appellees.

J. Lawrence McBride, with him Dickie, McCamey, Chilcote & Robinson, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO, JONES and COHEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, January 6, 1958:

John Zahorchak, 39 years of age, and David John O'Connell, 29, ironworkers, were engaged in loading steel for a crane when they were both hit by a high voltage current of electricity which hurled them from 10 to 18 feet with disastrous results: O'Connell was killed outrightly, Zahorchak was severely burned in various parts of his body.

The tragedy came about as follows. Thomas A. Roefaro owned and operated...

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