Ganster v. Western Pennsylvania Water Co.

WIEAND, Judge:

In this action to recover for damages allegedly caused to improved real estate by escaping water, the trial court allowed the defendant water company’s risk manager to read from copies of reports in company records that a water sample had been collected, analyzed in a laboratory and found to be “not our water.” In this appeal from a defense verdict, the appellant property owners contend that the ruling of the trial court which allowed this evidence was erroneous. We agree. Therefore, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

The property owners, Mary Ganster, Frances S. Cannon, and…