Legal Opinion
Ratti v. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 18, 2000PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORIE MELVIN, J.:
¶ 1 The present appeals stem from a bifurcated trial wherein a jury allocated negligence among the defendants in the underlying personal injury action and the trial court subsequently determined the parties’ respective rights to indemnity. Given the identical factual background and in order to obtain a complete picture of the case, resolution of these three appeals can best be accomplished in a single opinion.
¶2 The underlying action arose out of the injuries sustained by John Ratti, Jr. when a saturator vessel exploded at the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation…
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