Legal Opinion

Muzychuk v. Yellow Cab Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 9, 1941No. Appeal, 193PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

Martha Muzychuk, also known as Martha Massey, a married woman, received personal injuries, which resulted in her death, while a passenger in a taxicab of defendant, Yellow Cab Company. She was survived by her husband and a minor daughter, Buth Massey Burns, now married and of the age of twenty years. The husband, without averring in his statement that he and the minor child were the parties entitled to any damages recovered in suit, instituted an action in trespass against defendant for the alleged wrongful death of his wife, the negligence claimed being the sudden…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Kaczorowski v. KalkosinskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Birch v. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis RailwaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
  3. McFadden v. MaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  4. Truby v. SeybertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1849
  5. Charles v. ArringtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Ferne, Admrx. v. ChaddertonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  2. McGarity v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  3. Theckla B. Webb v. Lloyd K. Martin, Administrator of the Estate of Jason A. Martin, Deceased, and Third-Party v. Carl C. Stalcup, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
  4. Natale v. Upjohn CompanyDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1964
  5. Ditkosky v. Schreiber Trucking Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County1951

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