Legal Opinion
Staymates v. ITT Holub Industries
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 2, 1987No. 00801PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPOVICH, Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment (verdict and delay damages) of $171,350.00 entered against the defendant and additional defendant, ITT Holub Industries and Cincinnati Fan and Ventilator Company, respectively. 1 We reverse.
The facts, viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict-winner, reveal that on the 26th day of May, 1979, the plaintiff James A. Staymates, Jr., as general foreman for Paul Bunyan Rustic Furniture Company, was making a tour of the plant to assess the progress of an order that had to be shipped that day. As he approached the sanding area, Robert Ault was…
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