R. Richard Burchill v. Kearney-National Corporation, Inc., a Corporation v. Pennsylvania Electric Company, a Corporation, Third-Party

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity personal injury case appellant, the plaintiff in the district court, appeals from an order granting a motion for a directed verdict renewed at the end of the entire trial on the issue of liability. Fed.R.Civ.P. 50. The plaintiff was proceeding on a theory of strict liability under the Restatement (Second) Torts § 402A (1965) adopted by Pennsylvania as its common law. Webb v. Zern, 422 Pa. 424, 220 A.2d 853 (1966). The injuries occurred when appellant, a journeyman lineman employed by the Pennsylvania Electric Company, was, while…