PA. STATE POLICE v. HOWARD ET UX.

No. 2562 C.D. 1986.

113 Pa.Commw. 31 (1988)

536 A.2d 476

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State Police, Appellant v. Jeffrey M. Howard and Jane Howard, his wife, Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

January 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. McDermott, Deputy Attorney General, with him, Frank J. Micale, Deputy Attorney General, and LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Attorney General, for appellant.

Elaine Specter, with her, Howard A. Specter, Specter & Buchwach, P.C., and Bruce L. Smith, for appellees.

Argued October 6, 1987, before Judges CRAIG and DOYLE, and Senior Judge KALISH, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE CRAIG, January 25, 1988:

The Pennsylvania State Police appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County sustaining a molded verdict for Jeffrey M. Howard and dismissing the State Police's motions for post-trial relief. We affirm.

The basic facts are not in dispute. On August 31, 1984, Trooper Sanford R. Porter, driving a state police vehicle, collided with Jeffrey M. Howard, badly injuring him, when Trooper Porter's vehicle...

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