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THOMAS v. DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.

528 Pa. 113 (1991)

595 A.2d 56

Charles Scott THOMAS, a minor, by his parents and natural guardians, Charles Frederick THOMAS, Jr. and Judith Thomas, and Charles Frederick Thomas, Jr. and Judith Thomas, husband and wife, in their own right, Appellees, v. DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY, Pittsburgh Chartiers & Youghiogheny Railway Company, Kenny Watson, Norman Cousins and Mae Lunardi, d/b/a Dario's Distributor, a/k/a Dario's Beer Distributors. Appeal of DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY and Pittsburgh Chartiers & Youghiogheny Railway Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 14, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William K. Herrington, Pittsburgh, for Duquesne Light Co.

Aloysius F. Mahler, Pittsburgh, for Pittsburgh Chartiers and Youghiogheny Ry. Co.

Frank E. Little, Pittsburgh, for Charles Scott Thomas.

Henry M. Sneath, Meyer Darragh Buckler, Bebenek Eck & Hall, Pittsburgh, for Norman Cousins.

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

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

On June 25, 1982, Charles Scott Thomas, a minor, while in an inebriated condition, climbed an electrical tower and came in contact with a live high voltage wire. As a result of this contact Mr. Thomas fell. This incident set in motion the chain of events which necessitates this opinion.

The record before us discloses that on the above date Charles Thomas, together with teenage accomplices, enlisted the services of an adult...

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