REEVES v. PHILADELPHIA IMPORT CO.

No. 8476.

150 F.2d 854 (1944)

REEVES v. PHILADELPHIA IMPORT CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 12, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Smith, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Louis Wagner and Stephen J. McEwen, both of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Herbert A. Barton, of Philadelphia, Pa. (C. Donald Shwartz and Swartz, Campbell & Henry, all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before JONES and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges and KALODNER, District Judge.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a plaintiff's judgment, the result of a personal injury negligence action. The accident occurred in Philadelphia, with the suit started and tried in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The case is in the United States Courts because of diversity of citizenship. The law applicable is that of Pennsylvania. Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188, 114 A.L.R....

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