DAVIS v. C & NW TRANSP. CO.


266 Pa.Super. 558 (1979)

405 A.2d 959

Douglas D. DAVIS v. C & NW TRANSPORTATION CO. Appeal of AUTO RELEASING, INC.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley E. Levine, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Thomas L. Cooper, Pittsburgh, for appellee Douglas D. Davis.

Aloysius F. Mahler, Pittsburgh, for appellee C & NW Transportation Co.

Before CERCONE, President Judge, and WIEAND and LIPEZ, JJ.


LIPEZ, Judge:

The question here is whether a foreign corporation submits itself to in personam jurisdiction under the Pennsylvania long arm statute, in a suit arising from its alleged negligence, by the mere act of loading, in a foreign state, a railroad car ultimately consigned to a Pennsylvania destination, when that corporation had no control over, or ownership of, the car or goods loaded, and performed its loading services only at the direction of another...

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