AUERBACH v. PHILA. TRANSP. CO.


421 Pa. 594 (1966)

Auerbach v. Philadelphia Transportation Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 24, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Takiff, with him Takiff & Bolger, for appellant.

B. Nathaniel Richter, with him Kenneth Syken, John J. McCarty, and Richter, Lord & Cavanaugh, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, June 24, 1966:

Mrs. Frances B. Auerbach, 53 years of age, was gravely injured and permanently crippled on August 30, 1962, when a bus of the defendant Philadelphia Transportation Company passed over her body, resulting in an amputation of her right leg. She brought suit against the traction company, the jury returning a verdict in the sum of $237,500. The defendant seeks a new trial, alleging...

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