RAGLAND v. SWINDELL DRESSLER CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 17235.

186 F.Supp. 769 (1960)

Jesse L. RAGLAND, Plaintiff, v. SWINDELL DRESSLER CORPORATION, a corporation; Henry Shaffer Lumber Company, a corporation; and Marietta Concrete Corporation, a corporation, Defendant, and Beaumont Birch Company, a corporation, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

September 16, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Frank, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Dickie, McCamey, Chilcote & Robinson; VanderVoort, Royston, Robb & Leonard; Stein & Winters; and Reed & Egler, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.


GOURLEY, Chief Judge.

In the course of pretrial consideration of the above common law diversity negligence action arising in Pennsylvania, the following question is posed:

Where plaintiff sues multiple defendants, one of whom is plaintiff's statutory employer, is said statutory employer a proper party to remain in the action where plaintiff makes no objection to its dismissal but where the other multiple defendants resist said dismissal?

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