Fullard v. Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority

Opinion by

Packel, J.,

The plaintiff-appellant lost sight in one eye as a result of it being penetrated by a piece of steel, flying *186off an allegedly defective chisel. He had admitted in the course of his testimony that the chisel, supplied him by an employee of one of the defendants, appeared to be rusty and ragged and that flakes came off as he was striking the chisel to put a hole in . a steel barrel. The barrel and the chisel had been supplied by an employee of the defendant-housing authority to enable the plaintiff’s employer, an additional defendant, to perform his contract with the…