Auerbach v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.

Opinion by Mr.

Justice Musmanno,

Mrs. Frances B. Auerbach, 53 years of age, was gravely injured and permanently crippled on August 30, 1962, when a bus of the defendant Philadelphia Transportation Company passed over her body, resulting in an amputation of her right leg. She brought suit against the traction company, the jury returning á verdict in .the sum of $237,500. The defendant seeks a new trial, alleging trial errors.

Mrs. Auerbach testified that while she was walking southwardly on 18th Street, headed for her home, and had reached a point about one foot away from the north curb line of…