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ELDER v. ORLUCK

511 Pa. 402 (1986)

515 A.2d 517

George R.H. ELDER, Appellee, v. Adam ORLUCK, Appellee, v. BOROUGH OF HARRISVILLE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Fawcett, Jr., James R. Miller, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Richard B. Tucker, Jeffrey J. Leech, Pittsburgh, for George R.H. Elder.

Eric N. Anderson, Louis C. Long, Pittsburgh, for Adam Orluck.

Daniel M. Berger, Pittsburgh, Carol Nelson Shepherd, Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Assn.

Before LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

This appeal presents the issue whether in an action under the Pennsylvania Comparative Negligence Act1 involving more than one defendant, should the negligence of the plaintiff be compared to the combined negligence of all defendants or should plaintiff's negligence be compared to the separate and individual negligence of each defendant? This question is one of first...

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