STEPHENS v. PARIS CLEANERS, INC.


885 A.2d 59 (2005)

Jeffrey STEPHENS, Appellant, v. PARIS CLEANERS, INC., T/D/B/A Paris Uniform Rental and Supply, Gasbarre Product, Inc., T/D/B/A Sinterite, Inc.; Perfect Uniform & Sportswear, Ltd.; Red Kap Industries, an Affiliate of Blue Bell, Inc.; William-Dickie Manufacturing Company S-N & W Industries, Inc.; and Penngraph Division T/D/B/A Toyo Tanso USA, Inc.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 9, 2005.

Reargument Denied November 10, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian D. Cox, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Jesse L. Pleet, Wyomissing, for Red Kap, appellee.

John B. Fessler, Erie, for Gasbarre, appellee.

Troy J. Harper, Brookville, for Paris Cleaners, appellee.

Robert A. Arcovio, Pittsburgh, for Williamson-Dickie, appellee.

BEFORE: FORD ELLIOTT, TODD, and OLSZEWSKI, JJ.


OPINION BY FORD ELLIOTT, J.:

¶ 1 This distressing case comes before us as a consequence of the trial court's granting all remaining defendants' motions for summary judgment. We affirm.

¶ 2 On March 25, 1998, Jeffrey Stephens ("employee"), who had been employed by Penngraph, Inc. ("Penngraph") for approximately six weeks, sustained burns over 74 percent of his body when a graphitizer on which he was working exploded. Penngraph is a manufacturer of...

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