HARMOTTA v. BENDER


411 Pa.Super. 371 (1992)

601 A.2d 837

Margaret HARMOTTA and Nick Harmotta, Husband and Wife, Appellants, v. Father Phillip BENDER, Pastor of Immaculate Conception Church of Vintondale, Immaculate Conception Church of Vintondale, Rev. James Hogan, Former Bishop of the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese, Rev. Joseph Adamec, Bishop of the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese, and Altoona-Johnstown Diocese, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 10, 1992.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied May 26, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Cohen, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Stephen L. Dugas, Hollidaysburg, for appellees.

Before TAMILIA, KELLY and MONTGOMERY, JJ.


KELLY, Judge:

In this opinion we are called upon to determine whether the trial court properly refused to exclude for cause Roman Catholic jurors who were members of a diocese, a named party defendant with a remote financial interest in the outcome of the lawsuit, but were not members of a specific parish, also a named party defendant with a direct financial interest in the outcome of the lawsuit; and whether the trial court properly instructed the jury that the doctrine...

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