ESSLINGER v. SUN REFINING & MARKETING


379 Pa.Super. 69 (1988)

549 A.2d 600

Ann B. ESSLINGER, Administratrix of, for and on Behalf of the Estate of James E. Esslinger, Deceased, For the Maintenance of an Action Under the Pennsylvania Survival Statute and Ann B. Esslinger, Administratrix of the Estate of James E. Esslinger, Deceased, For and on Behalf of all Entitled to Recover Under the Pennsylvania Wrongful Death Statute, Appellant, v. SUN REFINING AND MARKETING COMPANY, a Corp. of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Carl E. Widell & Son, Inc., a Corp. of New Jersey; the Milwhite Co., Inc., a Corp. of the State of Texas; Max B. Miller & Co., Inc., a Corp. of Delaware; Sun Company, Inc., a Corp. of Delaware; Sun Company, Inc., a Corp. of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Sun Oil Company, a Corp. of Delaware; Sun Exploration and Production Company of Pennsylvania, Inc., a Corp. of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Sun Exploration and Production Company, a Corp. of Delaware; Frederick Baker, Individually and t/a Baker Construction Company and Baker Construction Company; E.I. Dupont Denemours & Company; Coyne International Enterprises Corp.; Workrite Uniform Company, and Rubin Brothers, Inc. Ann B. ESSLINGER, Administratrix of, for and on Behalf of the Estate of James E. Esslinger, Deceased, for the Maintenance of an Action Under the Pennsylvania Survival Statute and Ann B. Esslinger, Administratrix of the Estate of James E. Esslinger, Deceased, For and on Behalf of all Entitled to Recover Under the Pennsylvania Wrongful Death Statute, v. SUN REFINING AND MARKETING COMPANY, A Corporation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, c/o C.T. Corporation Systems; Carl E. Widell & Son, Inc., A Corporation of the State of New Jersey; the Milwhite Co., Inc., A Corporation of the State of Texas; Max B. Miller & Co., Inc., A Corporation of the State of Delaware; Sun Company, Inc., A Corporation of the State of Delaware; Sun Company, Inc., A Corporation of the State of Pennsylvania; Sun Oil Company, A Corporation of the State of Delaware; Sun Exploration and Production Company of Pennsylvania, Inc., A Corporation of the State of Pennsylvania; Sun Exploration and Production Company, A Corporation of the State of Delaware; Frederick Baker, Individually and t/a Baker Construction Company and Baker Construction Company; E.I. Dupont Denemours & Company c/o C.T. Corporation; Coyne International Enterprises Corporation; Workrite Uniform Company; and Rubin Brothers, Inc. Appeal of Frederick K. BAKER, Individually and t/a Baker Construction and Baker Construction Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Danielski and Christopher C. Fallon, Jr., Philadelphia, for Esslinger, appellant.

William E. Gordon, Jr., Wilmington, for Dupont, appellee.

William F. Hosten, II, Media, and Gary S. Seflin, Philadelphia, for Baker, appellant and appellee.

George J. McConchie, Media, for Workrite, appellee.

Alan Belfus, Philadelphia, for Coyne, appellee.

Thomas R. Harrington, Philadelphia, for Rubin, appellee.

Before OLSZEWSKI, DEL SOLE and JOHNSON, JJ.


OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

Appellant Frederick Baker, individually and t/a Baker Construction and Baker Construction Company (hereinafter "Baker"), appeals from an order granting appellant Ann B. Esslinger's (hereinafter "Esslinger") petition to open judgment of non pros. Esslinger cross-appeals from the trial court's denial of her motion to strike the judgment of non pros. We affirm.

On April 1, 1985, Esslinger, Administratrix of the Estate of James...

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