CROTTY v. READING INDUSTRIES


237 Pa.Super. 1 (1975)

Crotty, Appellant, v. Reading Industries, Inc.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Graffam, with him Jerome W. Kiger, and Grogan, Graffam, McGinley & Solomon, for appellant.

Richard A. Bausher, with him Stevens & Lee, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, P.J., JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN DER VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.


OPINION BY JACOBS, J., September 22, 1975:

The appellant, Edward Crotty, was injured in an industrial accident while working as an independent contractor on the premises of the appellee, Reading Industries, Inc. [hereinafter Reading]. The appellant filed an action in trespass against Reading contending that the negligence of its agent or employee in starting an industrial machine on which the appellant was working, without first ascertaining that the machine could...

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