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O'DONNELL v. WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP.

515 Pa. 307 (1987)

528 A.2d 576

Elizabeth O'DONNELL, Administratrix of the Estate of James H. O'Donnell Deceased, Appellee, v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Appellant, v. R.G. SMITH COMPANY, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick N. Egler, Avrum Levicoff, Egler, Anstandig, Garrett & Riley, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Edward J. Balzarini, Sr., Balzarini, Carey & Maurizi, Pittsburgh, for Elizabeth O'Donnell, etc.

Arthur R. Gorr, Gorr Dell & Loughney, Pittsburgh, for R.G. Smith Co., Inc.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Appellee's decedent, James H. O'Donnell, was fatally injured in his employment by R.G. Smith Co., Inc. as a painter in a Westinghouse facility. A jury trial ended in a verdict for appellee in the amount of $750,000.1 Westinghouse's motions for judgment n.o.v. and a new trial were denied and Superior Court affirmed. 352 Pa.Super. 623, 505 A.2d 1039.

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