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GREENFIELD v. VESELLA

Civ. A. No. 78-342.

457 F.Supp. 316 (1978)

Ashley Coll GREENFIELD, as Administratrix of the goods, chattels and credits which were of Thomas Frank Greenfield, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Peter A. VESELLA, Castle Motels, Inc., and Holiday Inns, Inc., Defendants, v. CLEMENT VENDING CORPORATION, Thomas G. Donald, Alfred Bellinotti, Jr., the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Bigelow-Sanford, Inc., G & D Commercial Floor Coverings, Dill Construction Company, Rodale Manufacturing, Inc., Bruce Merrilees Company, Rockola Manufacturing Corporation, and Vendors Exchange, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

September 12, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry E. Coploff, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Frederick N. Egler, Daniel F. LaCava, Thomson, Rhodes & Grigsby, William K. Herrington, Weis & Weis, Charlene R. Ehrenwerth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, James A. Mollica, Jr., James F. Manley, Arthur G. Stein, Charles Kirshner, Joseph B. Bagley, Pittsburgh, Pa., B. Patrick Costello, Greensburg, Pa., Kellen McClendon, Cosmos J. Reale, John R. McGinley, Bernard J. McAuley, Charles J. Duffy, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

ZIEGLER, District Judge.

I. History of Case

This is a diversity action for damages arising out of a fire which occurred on November 3, 1977, at the Holiday Inn, New Castle, Pennsylvania. Plaintiff's decedent, Thomas Frank Greenfield, was a business invitee at the motel and died in the blaze. The administrator instituted this civil action alleging that the fire and decedent's death were caused by the joint and several negligence of...

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