Case ID: f-supp_41/html/0018-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "KALODNER, District Judge.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

McGRATH v. WARK & CO., Inc.
    Civ. A. No. 1469.
    District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.
    Oct. 9, 1941.
    Felix & Felix, of Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.
    Francis Logan, of Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.
   KALODNER, District Judge.

The motion to dismiss must be granted. The case of Swartz v. Conradis, 298 Pa. 343, 148 A. 529, is dispositive of the issue.

See also Venezia v. Philadelphia Electric Company, 317 Pa. 557, 177 A. 25; Billo v. Allegheny Steel Company, 328 Pa. 97, 195 A. 110.

The plaintiff, who was employed by a subcontractor, is seeking to recover damages from the general contractor, for injuries suffered in the course of his employment.

The accident occurred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania law applies. Erie Railroad Company v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188, 114 A.L.R. 1487.