Belser v. Rockwood Casualty Insurance

¶ 1 Appellants, Karl Belser, Mike Hale, Belser Hale Excavating (collectively, Bel-ser-Hale), and the Bituminous Casualty Corporation (Bituminous), appeal from the order dated November 14, 2000, granting preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer filed by defendant/Appellee, Rockwood Casualty Insurance Company (Rockwood). We affirm.

¶ 2 The factual and procedural history of the ease is as follows. Mark A. Hervatin, a dump truck operator, died after his truck came into contact with power lines on a construction site. Belser Hale Excavating, an excavation company, had hired Herva-tin to…