FRIES v. RITTER


381 Pa. 470 (1955)

Fries, Admrx. v. Ritter, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. Shein, with him James C. Crumlish, Jr. and Joseph P. Breslin, for appellants.

Isadore H. Bellis, with him Arnold M. Kessler and Bernstein & Bernstein, for appellees.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, March 14, 1955:

Defendants ask for judgment non obstante veredicto and for a new trial because the verdict in the survival action was excessive.

On May 20, 1950, about 11 o'clock A.M., Patrick Fries, 9 years of age, was riding a bicycle south on Pennsylvania Avenue in Prospect Park, Delaware County, which intersected at right angles with 9th Street, but thereafter came to a dead end. His...

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