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KIEHL v. ACTION MFG. CO.

517 Pa. 183 (1987)

535 A.2d 571

Maxine KIEHL and Lynn Ann Hess, Appellants, v. ACTION MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 24, 1987.

Reargument Denied February 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen F. Dryden, Edward McCandless, Philadelphia, for appellants.

William Goldstein, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

In this case we must decide whether a parent corporation is entitled to immunity (pursuant to the Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act, Act of June 2, 1915 P.L. 736 as amended June 21, 1939 P.L. 520 (Purdon's 1952) 77 P.S. § 481(a)) from a third party suit brought against the parent corporation by an employee of its wholly owned subsidiary corporation.

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