Green v. Parisi

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

These two consolidated appeals brought by Fred Green, administrator of the estate of James Henry Bruno, seek reversal of the judgments of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania entered in favor of the three appellees — the Philadelphia Gas Works, Frank Parisi and John DeMarco.1 Bruno died from serious burns suffered in an unfortunate explosion and fire occurring when he struck a match to light a gas burner in the kitchen of his rented home in Philadelphia.

Green brought suit under the Pennsylvania wrongful death and…