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CRANE v. I.T.E. CIRCUIT BREAKER CO.

443 Pa. 442 (1971)

Crane v. I.T.E. Circuit Breaker Co., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 1, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene R. Lippman, with him Krusen, Evans and Byrne, for appellant.

Thomas B. Rutter, with him Litvin and Rutter, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and POMEROY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, June 1, 1971:

Plaintiff-appellee, Edwin J. Crane, was an employee of E.A. Gallagher & Sons (Gallagher), a rigging company. Crane sustained serious personal injuries when he was trapped and crushed between a falling 2,000 pound skid and a moveable metal parts transportation rig in defendant-appellant's, I.T.E. Circuit Breaker (ITE), Philadelphia plant.

Gallagher — an independent contractor — had contracted...

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