Western Union Telegraph Co. v. N. C. Direnzi, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., District Judge.

I

This is a diversity action in which plaintiff, Western Union Telegraph Company, brought suit against N. C. Direnzi, Inc. 1 and George K. Heebner, Inc., alleging negligence in the performance of excavation work in Philadelphia. Plaintiff claims that, as a result of the defendants’ failure to locate the Western Union cables within the excavation site, the cables were severed and plaintiff suffered damages in the amount of $34,218.22 which corresponds to the costs of labor and materials necessary to make the required repairs to its…