GROCE v. SEDER

No. 12782.

267 F.2d 352 (1959)

Richard GROCE, Administrator ad Prosequendum of Thomas H. Kohnow, Sr., Deceased, Appellant, v. Frank A. SEDER and George Porch.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore R. Mann, Philadelphia, Pa. (Maximillian J. Klinger, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Peter J. Devine, Jr., Camden, N. J. (Kisselman, Devine & Deighan, Peter J. Devine, Jr., Camden, N. J., on the brief), for respondent.

Before GOODRICH, KALODNER and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

This action for wrongful death in a highway accident resulted in a jury verdict and a judgment for the defendants from which the plaintiff, the administrator of the deceased, has appealed. The only question which requires discussion is whether the court interrogated one of the plaintiff's witnesses in such a way as unfairly to discredit the witness and prejudice the plaintiff's case.

The witness, a very deaf man, had stopped his car...

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