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HAINES v. RAVEN ARMS

536 Pa. 452 (1994)

640 A.2d 367

Melvie HAINES and Walter Haines Individually and Melvie Haines as Parent and Natural Guardian of Tamika Haines, a Minor, Appellants, v. RAVEN ARMS, Donn's, Inc., Brenda Teagle and Diane Teagle, Walter Butler, and Eastern Shooters, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 29, 1994.

Reargument Denied; Reconsideration Granted and Record Remanded June 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Daniels, Stephen T. Saltz, Larry Bendesky, Philadelphia, for Haines.

Frederic L. Goldfein, Leslie Ann Miller, Roseann Lynn Brenner, Philadelphia, for Donn's, Inc.

Brewington W. Croswell, Philadelphia, for Teagles.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs below from the grant of a remittitur which reduced damages for pain and suffering from $8,000,000 to $5,000,000, following a jury verdict in the former amount, in a case involving serious and permanent debilitating injuries caused by an accidental shooting 427 Pa.Super. 650, 625 A.2d 96.

The facts in the record and inferences from the facts, taken in the light most favorable...

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