Brown, D., et al v. City of Oil City, et al - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT DAVID L. BROWN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF KATHRYN A. BROWN, DECEASED, v. CITY OF OIL CITY v. FRED L. BURNS, INC. v. SCOTT AMSDELL, INDIVIDUALLY, AND MACON, INC., AND HAROLD BEST, INDIVIDUALLY, AND STRUXURES, LLC PETITION OF: HAROLD BEST, INDIVIDUALLY, STRUXURES, LLC, AND FRED L. BURNS, INC. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 292 WAL 2021 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 22nd day of February, 2022, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is: (1) Whether an out-of-possession contractor cannot be subject to liability under Section 385 of the Restatement of Torts for injuries to third-parties where the dangerous condition of the structure erected by the contractor is wellknown to the possessor of land? Justice Brobson did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.

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