Castaldo v. Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co.

HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

In this wrongful death action, brought under theories of negligence and strict liability in tort, plaintiff appeals the Trial Judge’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants. She contends that the pleadings and depositions filed in this matter raise issues of material fact which preclude such action. We affirm.

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The deceased was employed as a technical assistant by Allied Chemical Corporation (“Allied”). Included among his duties was the temperature-monitoring of a storage tank containing liquid phenol. On the day of the accident, the deceased was…