SNYDER v. PENN CENTRAL TRANSP. CO.


296 Pa.Super. 69 (1982)

442 A.2d 300

Thomas E. SNYDER a/k/a E.T. Snyder, a/k/a Earl T. Snyder, and Pauline M. Snyder, his wife v. PENN CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY and George Pierce Baker, Willard Wirtz, Jervis Langdon, Jr., and Richard C. Bond, Trustees of the property of Penn Central Transportation Company, and John F. Connole, M.D. and Merl F. Kimmel, M.D. Appeal of PENN CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed February 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aloysius F. Mahler, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

John Daley, Pittsburgh, for appellees.

Before CERCONE, President Judge, and BROSKY and HOFFMAN, JJ.


HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends that appellee's claim was barred by the applicable statute of limitations and by his signing a release. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the court below.

On October 3, 1956, appellee, Thomas Snyder, was injured when a metal object struck him in his right eye while he was employed by appellant's predecessor, Pennsylvania Railroad. A company ophthamologist, Doctor Connole, treated appellee for five weeks, then told him...

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