Elsie M. Becker, Administratrix C.T.A. Of the Estate of Isador G. Becker, Deceased v. E. W. Cox

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment for the defendant in a personal injury case. The plaintiff was struck by the defendant’s truck while he was crossing Market Street at 22nd Street in Philadelphia. He complains of a portion of the judge’s charge which in effect told the jury that a pedestrian crossing a street not at a crosswalk has a continuous duty to look for approaching traffic. The problem, of course, is strictly one of Pennsylvania tort law. In the recent case of Shuman v. Nolfi, 1960, 399 Pa. 211, 159 A.2d 716, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania laid down categorically…