Branan v. Union Carbide Corp.

HOUSE, P.J.,

Defendant has filed a motion for summary judgment in which it contends that it is the employer of plaintiff under The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 PS. §1 et seq., and is therefore immune from Lability in tort in the circumstances of this case. A motion for summary judgment may be granted only when there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law: Pa.R.C.P. 1035(b).

In support of its motion defendant has filed the affidavit of C. E. Eley, manager of Liquid…