SKODA v. W. PENN POWER CO.


411 Pa. 323 (1963)

Skoda v. West Penn Power Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 4, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Smith, Jr., with him George Y. Meyer, and Smith, Best & Horn, and Meyer, Darragh, Buckler & Bebenek, for appellant.

Ned J. Nakles, with him Louis C. Glasso, Thomas A. Livingston, and Lightcap, McDonald & Moore, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, EAGEN and O'BRIEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, June 4, 1963:

This is an appeal by West Penn Power Company, a corporation, from a judgment entered against it and National Mines Corporation on a verdict of a jury, in a survival action by appellee, as administratrix of her deceased husband's estate.

Frank B. Skoda, Jr., employed by National Mines Corporation as a mechanic, was injured while at work on June 24, 1957, and died on August 17, 1957, as a result of the injuries....

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