Benn v. Brown
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Musmanno,
Clyde P. Benn was a wintertime Samaritan. After a day’s labor at the steel mills in Aliquippa he started for his home near Butler in an automobile driven by a fellow-worker. The road was covered, and the air filled, with snow. When they arrived at the crest of a steep ascent in the highway at a point between Rochester and Zelienople they could proceed no further because of a zig-zagged accumulation of automobiles, some off the road as a result of the icy and slippery surfaces, and others hopelessly static as a result of the vehicular tangle which no one was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fitzpatrick v. Pralon Cleaners & DyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
3Cited by1 opinion
- O'Neil v. O'NeilSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1964