Legal Opinion
Rivera v. Philadelphia Theological Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo, Inc.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 14, 1986No. Nos. 157, 158 Eastern District Appeal Dockets, 1984PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*5OPINION OF THE COURT
HUTCHINSON, Justice.
This is a comparative negligence case.1 Concepcion Rivera (plaintiff or Ms. Rivera) and the Philadelphia Theological Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo, Inc. (Seminary) cross appeal, by allowance, a Superior Court judgment reversing a judgment entered by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on a jury verdict for the plaintiff and against the Seminary and Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (Church). Superior Court awarded the Church and the Seminary a new trial on both liability and damage issues. We now modify Superior Court’s order by reinstating the…
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