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WALTERS v. HIAB HYDRAULICS, INC.

Civ. A. No 71-492.

356 F.Supp. 1000 (1973)

Verda M. WALTERS, Administratrix of the Estate of Fred L. Walters, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. HIAB HYDRAULICS, INC., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. ATECO EQUIPMENT COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant and Fourth-Party Plaintiff, v. James M. HOUTZ, Fourth-Party Defendant and Fifth-Party Plaintiff, v. WEST PENN POWER COMPANY, Fifth-Party Defendant. James M. HOUTZ, Crossclaim Plaintiff, v. ALLENSVILLE PLANING MILL, INC., Crossclaim Defendant.

United States District Court, M. D. Pennsylvania.

March 22, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ertel & Kieser, Williamsport, Pa., for plaintiff.

H. Clay McCormick, Williamsport, Pa., for Hiab Hydraulics, Inc.

Greevy, Knittle & Mitchell, Williamsport, Pa., for Ateco Equipment Co.

Clyde W. McIntyre, Harrisburg, Pa., for James M. Houtz.

Charles C. Brown, Jr., Bellefonte, Pa., for West Penn Power Co.

Robert J. Wollett, Williamsport, Pa., for Allensville Planing Mill, Inc.

OPINION

MUIR, District Judge.

On November 11, 1970, Plaintiff's decedent was electrocuted when the Hiab Model 177 speedloader with which he was erecting roof trusses came in contact with overhead electric wires owned by West Penn Power Company. The speedloader was sold in the United States by Hiab Hydraulics, Inc. (Hiab), to or through Ateco Equipment Company (ATECO), to Allensville Planing Mill, Inc. (Allensville), the decedent's employer. The accident...

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