READINGER v. GOTTSCHALL et ux.


201 Pa.Super. 134 (1963)

Readinger v. Gottschall et ux., Appellants.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 12, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Speicher, for appellants.

Donald F. Spang, with him David J. Batdorf, for appellees.

Before RHODES, P.J., ERVIN, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, and FLOOD, JJ.


OPINION BY FLOOD, J., June 12, 1963:

The chief question raised by this appeal is whether there can be a recovery in a trespass action by an employe for an assault upon him by his employers. This question has not heretofore reached our appellate courts but this is the second case in which a common pleas court has held that there can be a recovery. The cases in other jurisdictions are divided.

Mrs. Readinger, the wife-plaintiff, after working for the defendants...

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