Zimmerman v. Weinroth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 31, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1919, No. 6153, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Minnie Zimmerman v. Benjamin Weinroth. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Barratt, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $4,000. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 31, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1919, No. 6153, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Minnie Zimmerman v. Benjamin Weinroth. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Barratt, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $4,000. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were portions of charge (1) leaving to jury whether there was a causal connection between injury and disease, and (2) permitting jury to consider compensation for loss of earning power, quoting record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment for plaintiff in an action for personal injuries. On January 2,1920, plaintiff, while walking across Front Street, at Tioga Street, Philadelphia, was knocked down and hurt by defendant’s automobile, under circumstances indicating the latter’s liability for the injury thus inflicted. Plaintiff, a heavy woman, fifty-six years of age, was rolled along the street about twelve feet, sustaining injuries, including a fracture of two ribs. In about *539three days she developed pneumonia, which the evidence tends to show left her…
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