ABBOTT v. ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORP.


758 A.2d 1219 (2000)

Sally J. ABBOTT, Executrix for the Estate of Donald D. Abbott, and Janet I. Gabelt, Executrix of the Estate of Paul E. Gabelt, Appellants, v. ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORP., a Delaware Corporation and Unit of Wesray Corp., a holding company; Globe Security Systems, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Subsidiary of Kidde, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Russell Watson, an individual; Richard Hosier, an individual; James A. Silbaugh, an individual; M.S.M. Consultants, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina K. Humyak, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Edward A. Yurcon, Pittsburgh, for Anchor Glass, appellee.

Before: POPOVICH, FORD ELLIOTT and BROSKY, JJ.


POPOVICH, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the judgment entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County on November 24, 1999. Appellants sought compensatory damages under the Pennsylvania Wrongful Death and Survival Acts in their individual capacities and as representatives of the estates of their husbands. Summary judgment was granted in favor of all defendants except security guard James Silbaugh and Globe Securities Systems, Inc. on February 27, 1996...

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