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KERNS v. PENNSYLVANIA R.R. CO.

366 Pa. 477 (1951)

Kerns v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 2, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Voorhees, with him F. Hastings Griffin, Jr. and Barnes, Dechert, Price, Myers & Clark, for appellant.

J. George Lipsius, with him Lipsius, Biele & Lipsius, for appellee.

Before DREW, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, LADNER and CHIDSEY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE DREW, January 2, 1951:

The sole question raised by this appeal is whether The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, defendant, is liable to John J. Kerns, Sr., plaintiff, for injuries incurred when he was pushed down a set of steps in defendant's station by a drunken man. Plaintiff received a verdict of $15,000 and the learned court below entered judgment on that verdict after dismissing defendant's motion...

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