DiChiacchio v. Rockcraft Stone Products Co.

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Musmanno,

On February 20, 1960, Joseph DiChiacchio, 42 years of age, was walking along Broad Street in Philadelphia when a plank, measuring 2x8 feet, crashed from a third-story height down on to his head and struck him to the ground. The force of the impact was such that the cap on one of his teeth and fillings from other teeth were forced out of his mouth which, with his nose, emitted blood. His left eye was swollen and he suffered other injuries, to be referred to later.

He brought suit in trespass against Rockcraft Stone Products Company which had constructed the…