DEREWECKI v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 15181.

353 F.2d 436 (1965)

Genevieve DEREWECKI, Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph W. Derewecki, Deceased v. The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided December 1, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert I. Teitelbaum, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Martin M. Sheinman, Morris, Safier & Teitelbaum, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Louis C. Glasso, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and STALEY and GANEY, Circuit Judges.


BIGGS, Chief Judge.

The case was tried to a jury and resulted in a verdict in favor of the administratrix. The defendant-appellant, The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in substance moved for judgment in its favor or in the alternative for a new trial. This was denied by the court, 36 F.R.D. 195 (W.D.Pa.1964), and the appeal at bar followed.

The interesting question raised by this appeal is whether the court below erred in admitting into evidence at the trial...

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