DeFRANCESCO v. WESTERN PA. WATER CO.


499 Pa. 374 (1982)

453 A.2d 595

Joseph G. DeFRANCESCO and Frank Crea, t/d/b/a Mt. Washington Ornamental Iron Works Company and Joseph G. DeFrancesco and Frank Crea, as individuals, Appellants, v. WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WATER COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee. Joseph F. LOY and Bernice Loy, t/d/b/a Joseph F. Loy Tire Services, Inc., Appellants, v. WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WATER COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Murdoch, C. Robert Keenan, III, Jones, Gregg, Creehan & Gerace, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

George I. Buckler, Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT and HUTCHINSON, JJ.


OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

These consolidated cases are appeals of the orders of the Superior Court, vacating judgments entered in favor of appellants1 in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County.2

The facts of the underlying dispute are simple: Fire broke out on the property at which appellants Joseph G. DeFrancesco and Frank Crea operated a...

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