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PAYTON v. PENNSYLVANIA SLING CO.

710 A.2d 1221 (1998)

Clarence Thomas PAYTON, Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA SLING COMPANY, Appellee, v. ACCO CHAIN AND LIFTING PRODUCTS, INC., a Pennsylvania Corporation, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed April 28, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy N. Logan, Prosperity, for appellant.

Sherry L. Halfhill, Pittsburgh, for Pennsylvania Sling, appellee.

Louis C. Long, Pittsburgh, for Acco Chain and Lifting, appellee.

Before JOHNSON and HUDOCK, JJ., and CERCONE, President Judge Emeritus.

HUDOCK, Judge:

On December 14, 1993, Clarence Thomas Payton (Appellant) was severely and permanently injured in a workplace accident. At the time of the accident, Appellant was employed as a long wall maintenance foreman for Cyprus Cumberland Resources Group (Cyprus) at its Cumberland County mining site. With the aid of a chain sling, Appellant was attempting to help several other Cyprus employees dislodge a bent taildrive spocket guard from a mine shaft. While the...

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