Dussell v. Kaufman Construction Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

In May, 1955, the Kaufman Construction Company contracted with the Delaware Biver Port Authority to construct the Philadelphia approach for the magnificent Walt Whitman Bridge which now spans the Delaware Biver joining Philadelphia to Camden, New Jersey. In order to lay the foundation for the roadway leading to the bridge, it became necessary to drive piles into the terrain some 36 feet below the surface. The operation of pile-driving is an earth-shaking affair, and this is inevitably so since it involves the violent displacement of soil. The distance that the…