GROTA v. LaBOCCETTA


425 Pa. 620 (1967)

Grota v. LaBoccetta, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 25, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis E. Shields, for appellants.

Harry Lore, with him Dorfman, Pechner, Sacks & Dorfman, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, May 25, 1967:

On December 20, 1958, Domingos Grota, a police officer, was arresting a malefactor who, in a spirit of fighting not provided for in the Queensberry Rules of pugilism, sank his teeth into the hand of the arresting officer. The virulence of the attack was such that Grota had to be taken to the hospital (Philadelphia General Hospital) where he was examined and treated by Dr. Douglas Enoch, at that time either an intern or...

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