# Cranshaw Construction Inc. v. Ghrist

> Superior Court of Pennsylvania · September 4, 1981 · 290 Pa. Super. 286

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9642172

## Case

- **Full name:** CRANSHAW CONSTRUCTION INC., Appellant, v. Lawrence L. GHRIST, Paul Wolk, Individually and Paul Wolk T/D/B/A C. E. Wolk Masonry Co. and C. E. Wolk Masonry Co., a Corporation, and Catherine E. Wolk, T/D/B/A C. E. Wolk Masonry Contractor
- **Court:** Superior Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** September 4, 1981
- **Citations:** 290 Pa. Super. 286; 434 A.2d 756; 1981 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3372
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by DiSALLE
- **Judges:** Brosky, Disalle, Shertz
- **Cited by:** 24 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

DiSALLE, Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the result. If, as the dissenting opinion suggests, it was the intention of our Legislature, in enacting the 1974 amendments to Sections 461 and 462, to “follow those jurisdictions which do not allow general contractors, who have no liability for workmen’s compensation, to escape common law liability as well,” it could very easily have said so, especially when it was aware that the prior language had been construed as immunizing statutory employers from such liability.

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