Crane v. I.T.E. Circuit Breaker Co.

Opinion bt

Mr. Ciuef Justice Bell,

Plaintiff-appellee, Edwin J. Crane, was an employee of E. A. Gallagher & Sons (Gallagher), a rigging company. Crane sustained serious personal injuries when he was trapped and crushed between a falling 2,000 pound skid and a moveable metal parts transportation rig in defendant-appellant’s, I.T.E. Circuit Breaker (ITE), Philadelphia plant.

Gallagher — an independent contractor — had contracted with ITE to remove from ITE’s premises certain pieces of heavy machinery. The machinery was to be partially dismantled, placed on skids and then hauled to a railroad…