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CARPINI v. PITTSBURGH AND WEIRTON BUS COMPANY

No. 11297-11302.

216 F.2d 404 (1954)

Rose CARPINI and Dominic Carpini, Her Husband, v. PITTSBURGH and WEIRTON BUS COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, and General Motors Company, a Corporation (two cases). Mary ROCCHIO, a Minor, by Her Parents and Natural Guardians, John Rocchio and Pauline Rocchio, and John Rocchio and Pauline Rocchio in Their Own Right, v. PITTSBURGH and WEIRTON BUS COMPANY, a Corporation, and General Motors Company, a Corporation, Appellant (two cases). Ann ROCCHIO, a Minor, by her Parents and Natural Guardians, John Rocchio and Pauline Rocchio, and John Rocchio and Pauline Rocchio in Their Own Right, PITTSBURGH and WEIRTON BUS COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, and General Motors Company, a Corporation (two cases).

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1954.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

(David B. Fawcett, Jr., Dickie, McCamey, Chilcote, Reif & Robinson, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), Sanford M. Chilcote, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Pittsburgh & Weirton Bus Co.

George Y. Meyer, Pittsburgh, Pa., for General Motors Corp.

James P. McArdle, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Before GOODRICH, KALODNER and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.

GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals from judgments for the plaintiffs in suits for personal injuries. The tragic occurrence out of which these actions grew can be very briefly described. On the morning of April 29, 1951, a bus operated by an employee of the Pittsburgh and Weirton Bus Company (Weirton) was on its way down a long hill into the town of Weirton, West Virginia. This hill is part of U. S. Route 22 and is sometimes called "Weir Hill." In places the...

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