Lobozzo v. Adam Eidemiller, Inc.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Pomeroy,

Between November 30 and December 11, 1964, the defendant, Adam Eidemiller, Inc. (Eidemiller), a highway construction firm, detonated a considerable number of explosive charges to prepare the roadbed for a section of Interstate Highway No. 79, which it was building in the vicinity of Canonsburg, Pa. under contract with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Donald Lobozzo and his wife, the plaintiffs (Lobozzo), owned and operated the Canon Pood Locker, a combination cold storage plant and grocery store located near the site of the blasting. On several occasions during…