Legal Opinion
Magill v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 4, 1971No. Civ. A. 43043PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LUONGO, District Judge.
On January 27, 1967, Francis W. Ma-gill was fatally injured while painting machinery in the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Westinghouse) plant at Lester, Pennsylvania. Magill was an employee of Murphy, Inc. (Murphy), a painting contractor, which had been engaged by Westinghouse to paint the machinery.
The administrator of Magill’s estate instituted this suit against Westinghouse under the Pennsylvania Survival and Wrongful Death Acts. 20 P.S. § 320.601; 12 P.S. §§ 1601-04. Westinghouse filed a third-party complaint against Murphy for indemnity pursuant to the…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Perry v. PayneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Eric McNello v. John B. Kelly, Inc. v. B. J. Lucarelli and Company, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Easton v. Washington County InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Waldman v. ShoemakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Stark v. Lehigh Foundries, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Colloi v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- James Magill, Administrator of the Estate of Frank W. Magill, Jr., Deceased v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. Murphy, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Resner v. Northern Pacific RailwayMontana Supreme Court · 1973
- County of Erie v. American States InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1981
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