Ritmanich v. Jonnel Enterprises, Inc.

Opinion by

Montgomery, J.,

These appeals involve eleven law suits filed in trespass which were brought to recover damages for personal injuries and property destruction caused by the partial collapse of a shopping center building in the Borough of Monroeville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on August 11, 1968. The plaintiffs are tenants and their employees. The original defendants are the owners of the building, Jonnel Enterprises, Inc. (Jonnel), and a lessee of a major portion of it, Gold Coast, *201Inc. The cause of the collapse is alleged to have been faulty construction of the building, which…