Frampton v. Dauphin Distribution Services Co.

WIEAND, Judge:

Does an architect who has been hired to prepare construction drawings and a foundation design for a proposed warehouse have a duty to warn construction workers of the presence of an existing, overhead power line? The trial court held that no such duty existed in the absence of a contractual assumption thereof. We agree that this is a correct statement of the law. Under the facts of this case, therefore, we will affirm the summary judgment entered in favor of the architect in this action to recover damages on behalf of workmen who were killed or injured when the scaffolding which…