if an employer affirmatively agrees to safeguard equipment. See Pirocchi v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 865 F.Supp. 277, 280-281 (E.D.Pa.1973) (finding that “77 P.S. §§ 481 and 501 were not intended to extend immunity from suit to employers and insurance carriers whose acts may cause independent economic injury that is separate and distinct from the physical injury suffered by an employee in the course of his employment. The argument advanced by [defendant] would extend tort immunity to negligent conduct which is based on acts or omissions that are unrelated to the cause of the physical injuries covered by the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Statutes. We do not believe the legislature intended such an extension.”); but see, Jones v. Carborundum, 515 F.Supp. 559, 562 (W.D.Pa.1981) (<HOLDING>) There is no allegation made in the proposed
holding that there can be no common liability upon which to base a contribution claim between a third party and an injured partys employer because the exclusive remedy provision means that the employers liability is not based on negligence so that application of the common liability rule deprives a third party of the opportunity to secure contribution from the injured partys employer holding principal liable to third party for tort of agent despite lack of privity between principal and third party holding that an action for consequential damages to property whether the action is brought in contract or in tort is an action for injury to property within the threeyear statute of limitations holding that 77 pa stat ann 481b clearly states  the employer  shall not be liable to a third party this is plainly a rule of substantive tort law not of procedure it excludes all liability whether for damages contribution or indemnity and whether sought in a separate independent action at law or by joinder pursuant to current liberal rules of civil procedure in an action brought by the employee against a third party holding that a third party holding legal title to property is a necessary party in an action for equitable distribution