SCHRANNER v. WHEELING STEEL CORPORATION

Nos. 16987 to 16989.

400 F.2d 190 (1968)

Vera Anne SCHRANNER, Administratrix of the Estate of William Schranner, Jr., Deceased v. WHEELING STEEL CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Appellant, v. Carol SARVER, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Sarver, Deceased. Vera Anne SCHRANNER, Administratrix of the Estate of William S. Schranner, Deceased v. WHEELING STEEL CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Appellant, v. Carol SARVER, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Sarver, Deceased. Carol SARVER, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Sarver, Deceased v. WHEELING STEEL CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Appellant, v. Vera Anne SCHRANNER, Administratrix of the Estate of William Schranner, Deceased.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond G. Hasley, Rose, Schmidt & Dixon, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Peter S. Wellington, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

John M. Feeney, Harrington, Feeney & Schweers, Harry Zimmer, Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, Pittsburgh, Pa. (McArdle & McLaughlin, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellees.

Before KALODNER and VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judges, and WRIGHT, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

These appeals challenge judgments entered on jury verdicts in three jointly-tried actions under the Pennsylvania Wrongful Death Act, 12 P.S. § 1601, and Survival Act, 20 P.S. § 320.603, resulting from the deaths of appellees' decedents following the capsizing of a small boat in the Allegheny River on April 26, 1964. The small boat was carried under defendant's barges when the allegedly negligent operation of the...

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