Legal Opinion
Sirianni v. Nugent Bros., Inc.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 19, 1986No. 9 E.D. Appeal Docket 1985PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McDERMOTT, justice.
This appeal is from an order of the Superior Court affirming an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia which denied a request for indemnity made by the appellant.
This case arose out of an accident which occurred on August 11, 1977. On that day, an employee of Nugent Brothers, acting pursuant to a demolition contract entered into between the City of Philadelphia and Nugent Brothers, Inc., caused a brick wall to crash into the home of Mr. & Mrs. Richard V. Sirianni. The accident took the life of Nancy Sirianni and her unborn child, and decimated the life of…
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