Opinion

Gonzalez v. United States Steel Corp.

  • 484 Pa. 277
  • 398 A.2d 1378
  • 1979 Pa. LEXIS 494
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Mar 16, 1979
Status
Published
Author
Manderino
On the bench
Eagen, Larsen, Manderino, Nix, O'Brien, Pomeroy, Roberts, Steel
Cited by
67 cases
Authority
More cited than 7.3%

holding "the common law has long thought it best to leave to the court rather than to the jury the essentially factual question of what the contracting parties intended."

How later courts described this case

  • holding "the common law has long thought it best to leave to the court rather than to the jury the essentially factual question of what the contracting parties intended."
  • "Under Pennsylvania law, ambiguous writings are interpreted by the fact finder and unambiguous writings are interpreted by the court as a question of law."
  • "U.S. Steel argues that Section 410 (and Section 413) do not impose liability upon an employer of an independent contractor for injuries incurred by employees of the independent contractor. We agree, however, with plaintiffs that this contention was not preserved for our review"
  • "U.S. Steel argues that Section 410 (and Section 413

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

MANDERINO, Justice,

dissenting.

I dissent. The order of the Superior Court should be vacated and the order of the trial court affirmed. See *302 Gonzalez v. United States Steel, 248 Pa.Super. 95, 108 , 374 A.2d 1334, 1341 (1977) (Spaeth, J., dissenting).

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