CRANSHAW CONST. INC. v. GHRIST


290 Pa.Super. 286 (1981)

434 A.2d 756

CRANSHAW CONSTRUCTION INC., Appellant, v. Lawrence L. GHRIST, Paul Wolk, Individually and Paul Wolk t/d/b/a C.E. Wolk Masonry Co. and C.E. Wolk Masonry Co., a corporation, and Catherine E. Wolk, t/d/b/a C.E. Wolk Masonry Contractor.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 4, 1981.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied January 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald J. Bergman, Greensburg, for appellant.

Robert F. Schultz, Pittsburgh, for Ghrist, appellee.

Robert J. Behling, Pittsburgh, for Wolk, appellee.

Before BROSKY, DiSALLE and SHERTZ, JJ.


BROSKY, Judge:

This is a trespass action which appellee, Ghrist, commenced to recover damages he suffered when a concrete wall fell upon him. The accident occurred at a construction site where appellee was employed by a subcontractor. Appellant, Cranshaw Construction, Inc., one of the named defendants in the case below, was the general contractor. Appellant argued in a motion for summary judgment that, as the general contractor, it had the status of "statutory employer...

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