Geary v. United States Steel Corp.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Pomeroy,

This appeal comes to us from an order of the trial court sustaining appellee’s preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer and dismissing with prejudice appellant’s amended complaint in trespass. The Superior Court affirmed per curiam, without opinion, and we granted allocatur to consider the novel and far-reaching arguments advanced by appellant in support of his alleged cause of action.1

The complaint avers that appellant, George B. Geary, was continuously employed by appellee, United States Steel Corporation (hereinafter “company”), from 1953 until July…