Johnson v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

Albert L. Johnson was struck and killed by a locomotive at a Pennsylvania Railroad crossing in the borough of Manorville, Armstrong County, while driving an automobile, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Lenore A. Johnson, who was injured in the same accident. She brought death and survival actions against the railroad company as the result of her husband’s death and filed an additional suit in her own name for her injuries. The jury returned verdicts in the sums of $1,-850 and $15,000 in the death and survival actions, and *438$2,500 in favor of the plaintiff in her…