BRILLHART v. EDISON LIGHT & POWER CO.


368 Pa. 307 (1951)

Brillhart v. Edison Light & Power Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 27, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Burg Anstine, with him Robert I. Shadle, Anstine & Shadle, Horace G. Ports and Fisher, Ports & May, for appellant.

Arthur Markowitz, with him Markowitz & Liverant, for appellee.

Before DREW, C.J. STERN, STEARNE, JONES, BELL, LADNER and CHIDSEY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, June 27, 1951:

This appeal by the Edison Light & Power Company is from a judgment entered against it (after remittitur) on a jury's verdict in favor of the plaintiff administratrix for damages due her individually and her children for the wrongful death of her husband. At trial, the defendants were the electric company, Norman J. Bortner, the owner of the premises on which the fatal accident occurred, and P.W. Strickland, the employer...

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