ALBIG v. MUN. AUTH. OF WESTMORELAND CTY.


348 Pa.Super. 505 (1985)

502 A.2d 658

James Q. ALBIG and Agnes C. Albig, his wife, v. MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Appellant, v. REPUBLIC STEEL CORPORATION (Two Cases). Joseph D. DONATELLI and Dolores C. Donatelli, his wife, v. MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Appellant, v. REPUBLIC STEEL CORPORATION (Two Cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rabe F. Marsh, III, Greensburg, for appellant in Nos. 653 and 654 and for appellee in Nos. 655 and 656.

J. Frank McKenna, III, Pittsburgh, for appellant in Nos. 655 and 656 and for appellee in Nos. 653 and 654.

George W. Lamproplos, Greensburg, for Donatelli and Albig, appellees.

Before SPAETH, President Judge, and CAVANAUGH, WIEAND, McEWEN, CIRILLO, OLSZEWSKI, DEL SOLE, JOHNSON and CERCONE, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

James and Agnes Albig and Joseph and Dolores Donatelli sustained property damage when water escaped from a reservoir owned by The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County (MAWC). A jury found that MAWC had been negligent by failing to make adequate inspections but that MAWC's negligence had not been the cause of the damage to neighboring properties. The escaping water had occurred, rather, as...

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