Cool v. Curtis-Wright, Inc.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

William R. Cool, appellant, instituted this action in trespass against Curtis-Wright, Inc., appellee, to recover damages for an alleged impairment of hearing. Preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer were sustained by the court below, after argument, and judgment was entered in favor of appellee. This appeal followed.

The amended complaint averred that appellant suffers a “nerve deafness” as a result of exposure to noises while employed as a laborer in airplane propeller factories of appellee at Beaver, Pennsylvania, and Neville Island, Pennsylvania,…