NOSSOKOFF v. PITTSBURGH


380 Pa. 422 (1955)

Nossokoff v. Pittsburgh, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 3, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Barton, Assistant City Solicitor, with him J. Frank McKenna, Jr., City Solicitor, for appellant.

Dennis C. Harrington, with him James P. McArdle and Louis Bowytz, for appellee.

Before STEARNE, JONES, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ARNOLD, January 3, 1955:

The sole contention of the appellant here is that the verdict, reduced by the lower court to $15,000, is excessive.

The plaintiff, John Nossokoff, fell on a broken pavement and suffered a comminuted fracture of the left wrist involving the distal end of the radius, with a posterior tilting of the angle of the wrist. The injury necessitated immediate surgery and immobilization of the entire arm in a cast for three...

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