Lambert v. Pittsburgh Bridge & Iron Works

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Justice.

On April 15, 1965, the appellee, Pittsburgh Bridge and Iron Works, sent one of its forklift split-wheels to the Beaver Valley Tire Service for installation of a new tire on the wheel. Beaver Valley was in the business of selling new tires, recapping used tires and doing general tire repair work. The owner of Beaver Valley, Robert Mc-Candless, separated the wheel and removed the old tire. The appellant, Daniel Lambert, who was eighteen years of age and had been employed as a tire changer with Beaver Valley for approximately nine months prior thereto, then…