Legal Opinion

Niklas v. Zarnick

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 4, 1963No. Appeal, 54PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ooinion by

Mr. Justice Cohen,

This is an appeal from the order of the court below granting a new trial in a trespass action involving plaintiff-appellee, Joseph Niklas, and defendant-appellant, Edward Zarnick.

The evidence discloses that about 6:00 p.m., on February 3, 1961, appellee’s truck became immoblized at the foot of a hill during the course of an unusually heavy snowstorm. - Near the point where appellee stopped the- highway curves to the right in the direction in which both he and appellant were traveling. There were high snowbanks on the shoulder of the road and appellee’s truck was…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bellettiere v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  2. Geelen v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  3. Jess v. McMurraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  4. Sweigert v. MazerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Harger v. CaputoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  2. Hill v. GerheimSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  3. Stanchis v. Hess Oil & Chemical Co.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1967
  4. Commonwealth v. Barnett, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1989

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