Legal Opinion
Celender v. Allegheny County Sanitary Authority
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 15, 1966No. Appeals, 135 and 136PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Montgomery, J.,
Appellants-plaintiffs, employes of Mole Construction Company, were severely burned as the result of an ex plosion in a sewage disposal tunnel being constructed by Mole under a contract with the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority. This tunnel construction included a large underground vault known as TT-1, located adjacent to the Ohio River in McKees Rocks, Allegheny County. Plaintiffs sued the Authority alleging negligence in permitting explosive gas to accumulate in the vault and in failing to notify them of its presence. The Authority joined Mole as an additional…
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