Legal Opinion
Woodburn v. Consolidation Coal Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 3, 1991No. 854, 1038PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEL SOLE, Judge:
Appellee, Richard Woodburn, a sheeter employed by Western Avella Contracting Inc. (WACI), suffered severe injuries in a construction accident at a coal preparation plant owned by Consolidation Coal Company (Consol). He had been installing sheet metal siding approximately 80 feet off the ground on a scaffold supported by two power stirrups, one of which failed causing the scaffolding to fail. Mr. Woodburn fell to the ground, sustaining serious and permanent injuries.
Consol had hired Industrial Resources, Inc. (Industrial) to act as general contractor for the project. Industrial…
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