KNAUB v. GOTWALT


422 Pa. 267 (1966)

Knaub, Appellant, v. Gotwalt

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 24, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis H. Markowitz, with him Markowitz, Kagen & Griffith, for appellants.

Donald H. Yost, with him William W. Wogan, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, June 24, 1966:

This is an appeal from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas which sustained defendant's preliminary objections to plaintiffs' complaint in trespass which claimed damages for mental shock and anguish.

Plaintiffs in this trespass action were the mother, father, and sister of a young boy who was struck and killed by defendant's automobile. Decedent and his sister were...

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