McKINNEY v. PITTSBURGH RWYS. CO.


363 Pa. 368 (1949)

McKinney v. Pittsburgh Railways Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 14, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D.H. McConnell, for appellant.

James P. McArdle, with him Milton Safier, for appellee.

Before MAXEY, C.J., DREW, LINN, STERN, PATTERSON, STEARNE and JONES, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE LINN, November 14, 1949:

Defendant appeals from judgment on a verdict for $30,000 in plaintiff's suit for personal injuries sustained when defendant's street car smashed into the rear of an automobile driven by plaintiff. Defendant now makes three points: (a) that the verdict is excessive, (b) that it is capricious and perverse, and (c) that the trial judge's reference in his charge to "the law of workmen's compensation in illustrating to the...

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