WESTINGHOUSE E. CO. v. MURPHY, INC.


425 Pa. 166 (1967)

Westinghouse Electric Company v. Murphy, Inc., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T.E. Byrne, Jr., with him Robert K. Wood, and Krusen, Evans and Byrne, for appellant.

John B.H. Carter, Aaron D. Blumberg, Edward W. Madeira, Jr., and Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, April 18, 1967:

James Rhodes was an employee of Murphy, Inc., a concern engaged in the painting and glazing business. On December 14, 1962, Rhodes was injured while engaged in work which Murphy had agreed to perform for Westinghouse Electric at the Westinghouse plant in Lester, Pennsylvania. Rhodes sued Westinghouse for the injury and Westinghouse joined Murphy as an additional defendant. The action by Rhodes was settled for $67,500...

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