COUGHLIN v. MASSAQUOI

No. 32 EAP 2016.

170 A.3d 399 (2017)

Ann COUGHLIN, Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas Coughlin, Deceased, Appellant, v. Ummu MASSAQUOI, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

DECIDED: September 28, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony James Comerota Jr., Esq. , Law Offices of Todd B. Jacobs, LLC, for Appellant.

Joseph A. Hudock Jr., Esq. , Summers, McDonnell, Hudock & Guthrie, P.C., for Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

In this appeal by allowance, we consider the admissibility of a pedestrian's post-mortem blood alcohol content ("BAC") in a personal injury action against a motorist and, more specifically, whether independent corroborating evidence of the pedestrian's intoxication is required, in addition to...

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