Wimbush v. Coastal Engineering Co.

FORER,J.,

Laura Wimbush, a Pennsylvania resident, brought this action in trespass to recover for bodily injuries incurred on or about March 16, 1977, when her hand was crushed in a food sealing machine in Pennsylvania.

Defendant’s preliminary objections raise the question of the reach of the Pennsylvania Long-Arm Statute of November 15, 1972, P.L. 1063, sec. 8305, 42 P.S. §8305.1 The facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff was injured at her place of employment in Pennsylvania because of an alleged malfunctioning or failure in design of a machine on which she was working. This machine was designed…