Sanders v. Venite of Philadelphia, Inc.

BODY, District Judge.

On November 9, 1962 plaintiff’s decedent, a laborer employed by John B. Kelly, Ine., was allegedly struck on the head and killed by a falling wooden beam at the construction site of the Decker Apartments in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. The plaintiff instituted this diversity action against Venite of Philadelphia, Inc. and the Keystone Concrete Company alleging that said death was negligently caused by defendants, their agents, servants or employees while acting within the course and scope of their agency or employment in permitting the beam to fall, in failing to provide…