Gresik v. PA Partners, L.P.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This case involves whether the Superior Court properly interpreted and applied Section 385 of the Second Restatement of Torts, which relates to the liability of a contractor or employee who creates a dan*595gerous condition on land on behalf of the land’s possessor.

According to the plaintiffs’ allegations, between 1983 and 1988, Appellee, PA Partners, L.P., possessed and operated a steel plant in Hollsopple, Somerset County.1 In 1984, PA Partners adapted the plant to produce steel ingots by, inter alia, thinning the firebrick lining on the sides and bottom of the plant’s…