GRESIK v. PA PARTNERS, L.P.

No. 20 WAP 2010.

33 A.3d 594 (2011)

Paula (Livingston) GRESIK, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Gerald Livingston, Jr., Appellant v. PA PARTNERS, L.P., Appellee. Joseph L. Beltowski and Karen M. Beltowski, his Wife, Appellants v. PA Partners, L.P., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 1, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Jacobs, Jr. , Yelovich & Flower, for Joseph L. Beltowski and Karen M. Beltowski.

Frederick William Bode , Dickie, McCarney & Chilcote, P.C., Pittsburgh, James Burleigh Courtney , Courtney and Courtney, Somerset, Michael Stanley Kaczmarek , Dickie, McCarney & Chilcote, P.C., Barbara S. Magen , Teresa Ficken Sachs , Post & Schell, P.C., Philadelphia, Vincent Scaglione Jr. , Dickie, McCarney & Chilcote, P.C., Pittsburgh, for PA Partners, L.P.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, JJ.


OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This case involves whether the Superior Court properly interpreted and applied Section 385 of the Second Restatement of Torts, which relates to the liability of a contractor or employee who creates a dangerous condition on land on behalf of the land's possessor.

According to the plaintiffs' allegations, between 1983 and 1988, Appellee, PA Partners, L.P., possessed and operated...

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