GRIMM v. PITTSBURGH


410 Pa. 514 (1963)

Grimm, Appellant, v. Pittsburgh.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 16, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hymen Schlesinger, for appellant.

Robert Engel, Assistant City Solicitor, with him David W. Craig, City Solicitor, for City of Pittsburgh, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, April 16, 1963:

This case is an illustration of how a complaining party's case may possibly come to an undesired end because of the dilatoriness of counsel, of client, or of both. The accident, which is the subject of the litigation, occurred in December, 1946. The ensuing legal proceedings did not reach final determination until October, 1962, nearly sixteen years later. This delay was not due to the asserted "backlog" currently under...

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