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WENRICK v. SCHLOEMANN-SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

361 Pa.Super. 137 (1987)

522 A.2d 52

Nancy L. WENRICK, Administratrix of the Estate of Harold Wenrick, Deceased, v. SCHLOEMANN-SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT and Eaton Corporation, Successor-In-Interest by Merger to Cutler-Hammer, Inc. Appeal of EATON CORPORATION Successor-In-Interest by Merger to Cutler-Hammer, Inc. Nancy L. WENRICK, Administratrix of the Estate of Harold Wenrick, Deceased, Appellant, v. SCHLOEMANN-SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT and Eaton Corporation, Successor-In-Interest by Merger to Cutler-Hammer, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 7, 1987.

Reargument Denied March 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Deasey and James L. McKenna, Philadelphia, for Eaton, appellant in No. 1533 and appellee in No. 1668.

Robert M. Britton and William F. Sullivan, Philadelphia, for Wenrick, appellant in No. 1668 and appellee in No. 1533.

Robert F. Harchut, Philadelphia, for Schloemann-Siemag, appellee.

Before CAVANAUGH, BECK and JOHNSON, JJ.

BECK, Judge:

Harold Wenrick was crushed to death by a component of a large extrusion press which was activated when a fellow worker accidentally tripped the unguarded lever of an electrical limit switch. His widow, Plaintiff Nancy L. Wenrick, brought this action as administratrix of her late husband's estate and on behalf of herself and her children against Eaton Corporation ("Eaton"), corporate successor of Cutler-Hammer, Inc., the supplier and designer of the electrical...

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