O'Boyle v. J.C.A. Corp.

WIEAND, Judge:

Harry O’Boyle was employed as foreman by Robert G. Hoffer Company, the structural concrete subcontractor on the River’s Edge project in Philadelphia. He was injured when a masonry wall, which had been built by another subcontractor, collapsed and caused him to fall. O’Boyle filed common-law tort actions against various parties involved in the project, and these actions were consolidated for trial. Prior to trial, however, one of the defendants, L.F. Driscoll Company (Driscoll), moved for the entry of summary judgment on grounds that it was a statutory employer and, therefore,…