Vendale Coal Co. v. Voto Manufacturing Sales Co.

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

This matter is before this Court on appeal from an order of the lower court granting appellees’ motions for summary judgment and certifying the issues raised below as appeal-able pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. Sec. 702(b). The relevant events giving rise to this appeal occurred on two separate occasions. On September 29, 1979 and later on March 9, 1980, appellant Vendale Coal Company, Inc., which is involved in surface mining operations, was operating its drag-line when the boom cable snapped causing damages in excess of $69,000 to the component parts of the dragline. Consequently,…