Wilkerson v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
The fact that the truck driver was negligent did not relieve the defendant if the motorman of the street car was also negligent: Gorman v. Charlson, 287 Pa. 410.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Drew,
Plaintiff was injured in a collision between a street car of the appellant, Pittsburgh Railways Company, and a truck owned and operated by the North Side Laundry Company, the other defendant. From judgment entered on the verdict against both defendants, the railways company appealed, assigning as error the refusal of its motions for a new trial and for judgment n. o. v.
When the facts of the case are viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiff, as they must be in our consideration of the motion for judgment, they may be briefly expressed as follows: Plaintiff was…
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