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TREHARNE v. CALLAHAN

Nos. 18242, 18243.

426 F.2d 58 (1970)

William TREHARNE, a minor, by Jeanne Treharne and John F. Treharne, his parents and natural guardians, and Jeanne Treharne, in her own right, and John F. Treharne, husband and father, in his own right v. Caroline H. CALLAHAN, Executrix of the Estate of Howard W. Callahan, Deceased v. Jeanne TREHARNE William Treharne, a minor, by Jeanne Treharne and John F. Treharne, his parents and natural guardians, Appellant. William TREHARNE, a minor, by Jeanne Treharne and John F. Treharne, his parents and natural guardians, and Jeanne Treharne, in her own right, and John F. Treharne, husband and father, in his own right v. Caroline H. CALLAHAN, Executrix of the Estate of Howard W. Callahan, Deceased v. Jeanne TREHARNE Jeanne Treharne, in her own right, and John F. Treharne, husband and father, in his own right, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 5, 1970.

Rehearing Denied June 26, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. McVay, McArdle & McLaughlin, Pittsburgh, Pa. (James R. Duffy, McArdle, McLaughlin, Paletta & McVay, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellants.

Wallace E. Edgecombe, Royston, Robb, Leonard, Edgecombe, Miller & Shorall, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before SEITZ, VAN DUSEN and ADAMS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the district court refusing to grant a new trial after a jury verdict for defendant in a diversity personal injury action. Plaintiffs argue that a new trial is required because the verdict was against the weight of the evidence and because the district court erred in allowing defense counsel to read the answers to plaintiffs' written interrogatories to the jury. If the answers...

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