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COKER v. S.M. FLICKINGER CO., INC.

533 Pa. 441 (1993)

625 A.2d 1181

Walter L. COKER, Appellant, v. S.M. FLICKINGER COMPANY, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 2, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell G. Freeland, Freeland & Kronz, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Natalie Dwyer Haller, Paul F. Burroughs, Erie, for appellee.

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

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

Today we clarify the standard by which an appellate court must review a trial court's decision to order a new trial. The last occasion we discussed this subject was in Westinghouse Elevator Co. v. Herron, 514 Pa. 252, 523 A.2d 723 (1987). However, that case appears to have created some confusion in the Superior Court in this case. Our decision to grant allocatur...

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