Kemp v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.

239 Pa. Superior Ct. 379 (1976)

Kemp

v.

Philadelphia Transportation Company, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued December 9, 1975.

March 29, 1976.

Before WATKINS, P.J., JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN DER VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.

Stuart A. Schwartz, for appellant.

Marvin W. Factor, with him Weinstein & Factor, for appellee.

OPINION BY JACOBS, J., March 29, 1976:

The sole issue involved in this appeal is whether the jury's verdict of $15,000.00 for plaintiff, Irma Kemp, was excessive.

The present action arose after plaintiff was injured as a result of slipping and falling in one of…