Lorenz v. Caste Development Co.

Opinion by

Me. Justice Horace Stern,

On November 30, 1947 a violent explosion of gas occurred in a two story house in Overbroolc Acres, Whitehall Borough, Allegheny County. Some of the plaintiffs suffered property damage, others personal injuries, and they brought suit against Manufacturers Light & Heat Company, a corporation which supplied the gas through its mains, and Caste Development Company, a corporation which had been the general contractor in the erection of the house. Walter B. G-ehr, who had done the plumbing work, was brought on the record as an additional defendant. The complaint,…