Tavani v. Swift & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 165, Jan. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Feb. T., 1911, No. 547, on verdict for defendant, in case of Louis Tavani v. Swift & Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries resulting from eating infected pork sold by defendant. Before Strauss, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for defendant and judgment thereon. Plaintiff appealed. Errors assigned were rulings on evidence and instructions to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
This action in trespass is to recover damages for illness alleged to have resulted from plaintiff’s eating pork sold by defendant which, it is averred, contained a parasite known as trichinae. The case grew out of facts quite similar to those forming the basis of the action in Catani v. Swift & Company, 251 Pa. 52. The trial judge submitted to the jury the various questions of fact involved and a verdict in favor of defendant was rendered. From the judgment entered thereon plaintiff appealed. The contention of appellant is that defendant, having ad*186mitted no…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Catani v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
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