· 5/5/1986
Weiser v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
Citations
- 508 A.2d 1241
- 353 Pa. Super. 10
- 1986 Pa. Super. LEXIS 10565
How courts have described this case
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- “In order to ascertain the extent of Bethlehem Steel’s legal duty to Weiser, we must first establish the relationship between the two[]”
- contractors and subcontractors owe employees of subcontractors the same standard of care as a landowner owes to a business visitor
- where appellant filed notices of appeal from verdict, denial of post-trial motions and judgment, appeal from verdict quashed as interlocutory and appeal from judgment quashed as superfluous; entry of judgment on order denying post-trial motions rendered that order appealable
- under Pennsylvania law, one who constructs a building or creates a condition on behalf of a possessor of land has the same liability as a possessor of land for physical harm caused to others by the dangerous character of the building or condition while it is in his control
- duplicative appeal quashed as superfluous
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Judges: Wickersham, Beck, Hoffman
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