Watkins v. National Electric Products Corp.

GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff sued the defendant in the District Court for injuries sustained by alleged negligence of the defendant by not providing a safe place for him to work in that it failed to remove noxious fumes or provide personal protective devices. Such failure is a violation of the Pennsylvania Factory Act of 1937.1 Jurisdiction •of the Federal Court is based on diversity of citizenship and the entire question is one of Pennsylvania law. It is our humble function to determine, as best we can, what ■a Pennsylvania court would say under similar circumstances.

At the trial…