GRAHAM v. CHECK

No. 42 WAP 2019.

243 A.3d 153 (2020)

Francis G. GRAHAM, Appellant v. Larry CHECK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: December 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth L. Jenkins, Esq. , for Appellant.

Robert A. Loch, Esq. , Robb Leonard Mulvihill, L.L.P., for Appellee.

Erin Kelly Rudert, Esq. , Ainsman Levine, LLC, for Amicus Curiae.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

Pennsylvania tort law recognizes that sometimes injurious accidents are not caused by carelessness, but because events conspire to create a situation so urgent and unexpected that the person alleged to be blameworthy had little or no practical opportunity to avert the harm. When the evidence...

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