PRATT v. SCOTT ENTERPRISES, INC.


421 Pa. 46 (1966)

Pratt v. Scott Enterprises, Inc., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 19, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Wayman, with him Blair A. Griffith, and Wayman, Irvin, Trushel & McAuley, for original defendant, appellant.

B. Earnest Long, for plaintiff appellee.

Daniel R. Edwards, with him H. Reginald Belden, and Stewart, Belden, Sensenich & Herrington, for additional defendant, appellee.

Vincent Williams, with him Smith, Best and Horn, for original defendant, appellee.

Before MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, April 19, 1966:

On February 3, 1962, Robert T. Pratt, an employee of the Jeannette Glass Company, was operating a tow motor on the first floor of a warehouse owned by Scott Enterprises in South Greensburg, when the floor gave way and he fell with the machine into the basement, sustaining serious injuries. He brought suit in trespass against the Scott Enterprises, owners of the building, and the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, tenant...

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