BRADSHAW v. RAWLINGS

No. 79-1409. No. 79-1410. No. 79-1411. No. 79-1412. Nos. 79-1409 to 79-1412.

612 F.2d 135 (1979)

BRADSHAW, Donald; Cuneo, Alfred and Cuneo, Carole, Appellants, v. Bruce D. RAWLINGS, Gilbert D. Rawlings, Borough of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Delaware Valley College, Marjorie E. Moyer, t/a Sunny Beverages, Maennerchor Society, Saab Motor Company, (four cases). Appeal of BOROUGH OF DOYLESTOWN. Appeal of DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE. Appeal of Marjorie MOYER t/a Sunny Beverages.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Ruprecht (argued), Scotch Plains, N. J., for Donald Bradshaw, et al.

William F. Sullivan, Jr. (argued), Albert J. Schell, Jr., Post & Schell, Philadelphia, Pa., for Borough of Doylestown.

William T. Campbell, Jr. (argued), Swartz, Campbell & Detweiler, Philadelphia, Pa., for Delaware Valley College.

John W. Potkai (argued), Emil F. Toften, Emil F. Toften & Associates, Chalfont, Pa., for Marjorie E. Moyer T/A Sunny Beverages.

G. Thomas Miller, Harvey Freedenberg, McNees, Wallace & Nurick, Harrisburg, Pa., for amici curiae Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities and American Council on Education; Sheldon Elliot Steinbach, Gen. Counsel, American Council on Education, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Before ALDISERT and HUNTER, Circuit Judges, and MEANOR, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

The major question for decision in this diversity case tried under Pennsylvania law is whether a college may be subject to tort liability for injuries sustained by one of its students involved in an automobile accident when the driver of the car was a fellow student who had become intoxicated at a class picnic. Another question relates to the liability of the distributor...

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