Legal Opinion

Karns v. Tony Vitale Fireworks Corp.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 28, 1969No. Appeal, 254PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Bedford County sustaining defendant-appellee’s motion for a judgment on the pleadings as against plaintiff-appellant Roy E. Earns.

*183The pleadings disclose that appellant’s children found an unexploded aerial bomb at the Bedford County Fair Grounds where, several weeks earlier, appellee had staged a fireworks display. Appellant’s children brought him the device. Subsequent events are narrated in appellant’s complaint as follows:

“After the children of the plaintiff gave the plaintiff the aerial bomb in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bata v. Central-Penn Nat. Bank of Phila.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  2. Poole v. Great American InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  3. Bureau for Child Care v. United Fund of the Philadelphia AreaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965

3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Poyser v. Newman & Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Cantwell v. Allegheny CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  3. Miller v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Gallo v. J.C. Penney Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  5. Leidy v. Deseret Enterprises, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

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