CORBIN v. M. WILSON & SON


421 Pa. 351 (1966)

Corbin, Appellant, v. M. Wilson & Son.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 24, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin E. Naythons, with him Freedman, Borowsky and Lorry, for appellant.

Victor L. Drexel, with him Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, May 24, 1966:

Sylvester Corbin, a 40-year-old laborer, was injured when bricks cascaded upon him while working on a building-wrecking job in the "Mall Project" in Philadelphia. He brought suit against M. Wilson & Son, the firm which owned a crane, whose operator, Corbin claimed, so negligently operated the machine as to cause the accident in controversy, and obtained a verdict of $27,000.* Wilson &...

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