BENNETT v. SAKEL


555 Pa. 560 (1999)

725 A.2d 1195

Brenda L. BENNETT and Robert E. Bennett, Appellants, v. Kimberly Ann SAKEL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew A. Hartley, Louis M. Tarasi, Jr., Pittsburgh, for Brenda and Robert Bennett.

Stephen P. McCloskey, Washington, for Kimberly Ann Sakel.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.


OPINION

CASTILLE, Justice.

OPINION

The issue before this Court is whether counsel, during closing argument, may properly encourage the jury to draw adverse inferences concerning witnesses not called by the opposing party, where the witnesses were equally available to both parties.

On June 6, 1992, appellant, Brenda Bennett, and appellee, Kimberly Sakel, were involved in a two-vehicle accident near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania...

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