Legal Opinion
McSparran v. Hanigan
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 27, 1963No. Civ. A. 25983, 27768PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FREEDMAN, District Judge.
Numerous post-trial motions have been-filed by all the defendants and by the-plaintiff after a lengthy jury trial which resulted in verdicts against all the defendants.
On June 11, 1958, plaintiff’s decedent,, a plumber, was killed by the cave-in of a trench which was being excavated on the grounds of Misc.icordia Hospital in Philadelphia as part of the work of erecting an additional wing. He was employed by William H. Walters & Sons, Inc., the plumbing subcontractor of John McShain, Inc., the general contractor. Walters’ foreman on the job was Subers.
Walters had…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- McDonald v. Levinson Steel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
- Siidekum v. Animal Rescue League of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- McRoberts v. PhelpsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Lucille H. Burch v. Reading CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Hennigan v. Atlantic Refining CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1967
- Washington Hospital Center v. ButlerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Alstrin v. St. Paul Mercury InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 2002
- APPLE v. ReichertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Blakey v. Pierce (In Re Blakey)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
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