Legal Opinion

Zanine v. Gallagher

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 26, 1985No. 01377PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTS, Judge:

Appellant Paul Zanine and his wife, Nancy, 1 sued appellee Robert Gallagher 2 for injuries allegedly caused by appellee’s negligence in inducing appellant, a police officer, to engage in a high speed automobile chase. A jury found appellant to have been 51% negligent and appellee to have been 49% negligent, and judgment was consequently entered in favor of appellee. See 42 Pa.C.S. § 7102(a). Appellants now challenge the trial court’s denial of their motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new 1 trial. Because we believe appellants have neither alleged nor…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Niederman v. BrodskySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  2. Gilbert v. Korvette's Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Morena v. South Hills Health SystemSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Boyce v. United States Steel Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  5. Leoni v. ReinhardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937

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3Cited by47 opinions

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  3. Kleinknecht v. Gettysburg CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
  4. Alumni Ass'n, Delta Zeta Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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