Swartz v. SGL Industries

IN RE: PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS BEFORE SHEELY, P.J. AND HOFFER, J.

SHEELY, P.J.,

Presently before the court is an attack on the constitutionality of section 303(b) of Pennsylvania’s Workmen’s Compensation Act. The above-captioned case involves a negligence action by plaintiff Swartz against three manufacturing companies and was occasioned by serious injuries Swartz received when a grinding wheel he was operating for his employer shattered, pierced his face mask, and struck his face. After Swartz initiated this action against the manufacturers of the grinding wheel, grinding machine, and…