Legal Opinion
Hollinger v. Wagner Mining Equipment Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 13, 1981No. Civ. A. 77-4343PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TROUTMAN, District Judge.
While drilling and blasting oversized chunks of ore in an iron mine in Morgan-town, Pennsylvania, plaintiff’s decedent left his helper without speaking to him and walked in the direction of a powder storage area. As he proceeded, a scooptram 1 operator spotted him, noted his progress, but afterward lost sight of him and assumed he had entered a manway. After passing this point, the scooptram operator, feeling resistance from the unit, lifted the bucket on the vehicle to eliminate the apparent difficulty. When he reached his destination, the water valve, he…
2Cases cited68 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Goodman v. Mead Johnson & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Patricia A. Hollinger, Administratrix of the Estate of Germaine S. Hollinger, Deceased v. Wagner Mining Equipment Company, a Division of Paccar, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- James E. McFadden, Inc. v. Baltimore Contractors, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1985
- Fleming v. MacK Trucks, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- Kawecki Berylco Industries, Inc. v. Fansteel, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- Wire Mesh Products, Inc. v. Wire Belting Ass'nDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
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