ALBERT v. ALTER


252 Pa.Super. 203 (1977)

381 A.2d 459

Carolyn Sue ALBERT et al. v. John Keith ALTER, M. Roy Alter, Ronald E. Shaffer, Jr. and Ronald Earl Shaffer. Anita Louise GALLO et al. v. John Keith ALTER, M. Roy Alter, Ronald E. Shaffer, Jr. and Ronald Earl Shaffer. Cynthia D. SOLOMON et al. v. John Keith ALTER, M. Roy Alter, Ronald E. Shaffer, Jr. and Ronald Earl Shaffer. Martha Jay CALDWELL et al. v. John Keith ALTER, M. Roy Alter, Ronald E. Shaffer, Jr. and Ronald Earl Shaffer. Appeal of John Keith ALTER and M. Roy Alter (All Actions).

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 2, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avra N. Pershing, Jr., Greensburg, for appellants.

Joseph E. Breman, Irwin B. Wedner, and James A. Beinkemper, Sr., Pittsburgh, for appellees at Nos. 197, 198, and 199.

Joel A. Claster and J. Raymond Ambrose, Jr., New Kensington, for appellee at No. 200.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE and SPAETH, JJ.


HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellants contend that the trial court erred (1) in refusing to grant a new trial because the verdict was against the weight of the evidence; (2) in permitting appellee to ask prejudicial questions concerning the absence of reflectors and lights and in charging the jury erroneously on their absence; (3) in using the term legal cause in its charge; and (4) in refusing to grant a new trial because the verdicts were

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