KING v. U.S. STEEL CORP.


432 Pa. 140 (1968)

King v. United States Steel Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry T. Reath, with him David C. Toomey, George T. Kelton, and Duane, Morris & Heckscher, and Begley, Carlin, Mandio, Kelton & Popkin, for appellant.

Arthur M. Eastburn, Jr., with him John Leslie Kilcoyne, and Eastburn and Gray, for appellees.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, November 12, 1968:

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County which sustained appellees' (King's) preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer and entered an order striking appellant's (Steel's) defense that King had released it from liability for the damage alleged in the trespass complaint.

In this action, King seeks to recover damages in excess of $1.5 million for alleged injury to its...

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