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FOLEY v. THE PITTSBURGH-DES MOINES CO.

363 Pa. 1 (1949)

Foley, Executrix, Appellant, v. The Pittsburgh-Des Moines Company et al.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

September 26, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ella Graubart, with her Richard B. Tucker, Jr., and Patterson, Crawford, Arensberg & Dunn, for appellant.

Carl E. Glock, with him James R. Orr, John W. Wishart, Harold E. McCamey, Dickie, Robinson & McCamey and Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, for appellees.

James D. Porter, Clifford R. Procter and Roger D. McIntyre, submitted a brief for A.O. Smith Corporation, amicus curiæ.

Before MAXEY, C.J., DREW, LINN, STERN, PATTERSON, STEARNE and JONES, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE HORACE STERN, September 26, 1949:

This action arises out of a grave disaster which took place in the City of Cleveland, Ohio, on October 20, 1944. Leakages occurred in a tank of the East Ohio Gas Company containing liquefied natural gas of a temperature of between 250 and 260 degrees below zero Fahrenheit; the tank collapsed, the liquid gas flowed out in all directions and became ignited, with the result that over a hundred persons lost their...

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