SWEENER v. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH


516 Pa. 534 (1987)

533 A.2d 998

Judith L. SWEENER, Administratrix of the Estate of Kyle Jon Sweener, Deceased, and Judith L. Sweener, Administratrix of the Estate of Kyle Jon Sweener, Trustee Ad Litem, Appellant, v. The FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA, and Kenneth D. Shaffer, Jr., Appellee, and Michael John Lucov, Jr., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Malizia, Emporium, for appellant.

Frederick N. Egler, Jr., Pittsburgh, for Michael John Lucov, Jr.

Norbert J. Pontzer, Ridgway, for The First Baptist Church and Kenneth D. Shaffer, Jr.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a memorandum opinion and per curiam order of the Superior Court which affirmed an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cameron County denying motions for post-trial relief in a wrongful death and survival action brought by the appellant, Judith L. Sweener, 512 A.2d 58. The incident giving rise to this action occurred on November 22, 1981, when...

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