ALLAN v. DOHERTY et al.


395 Pa. 277 (1959)

Allan v. Doherty (et al., Appellant).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo Daniels, with him Prichard, Lawler & Geltz, for appellant.

Robert B. Ivory, with him Evans, Ivory & Evans, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and McBRIDE, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, April 20, 1959:

Mrs. Elizabeth J. Allan was injured when a street car of the Pittsburgh Railways Company, on which she was a passenger, sidescraped a truck parked alongside Fifth Avenue, and stopped, throwing her to the floor. The jury, in the ensuing lawsuit, returned a verdict in her favor against the Pittsburgh Railways Company and the Doherty Lumber and Wrecking Company, owner of the involved truck. The Pittsburgh Railways Company...

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