Prost v. Caldwell Store, Inc.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

Mrs. Margaret Prost was injured when she slipped and fell in the terrazzo-paved entranceway to a department store in Washington, maintained and operated by Caldwell Store Incorporated. With her husband she brought a suit in trespass against the store company which brought in as additional defendants the H. Kaplan Company, general contractor, and the firm of Pastura and Popovic, subcontractors, which installed the terrazzo.

The Kaplan Company filed preliminary objections to the defendant’s complaint, contending that Caldwell’s claim against it, if any, could only…