Legal Opinion

East Broad Top Transit Co. v. Flood

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 19, 1937No. Appeal, 123PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stern,

Plaintiff’s bus overtook and attempted to pass a truck on the road ahead and to the right of it. The truck, without warning, turned sharply left across the highway. A collision resulted. The present action is to recover for damage to the bus.

The statement of claim alleged that the driver of the truck failed to signal his intention to cut across the pathway of the approaching bus; also that the direction lights on the truck were not in working order.

Among the issues at the trial was the relationship of the defendants to one another. At the time of the accident the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Schwartz v. JaffeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Benson v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Parker v. RodgersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  4. Betcher v. McChesneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  5. Williams v. KozlowskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Maize v. Atlantic Refining Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  2. Ragan v. SteenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Ferne, Admrx. v. ChaddertonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  4. Bausewine v. Norristown Herald, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  5. Landis v. Conestoga Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944

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