Legal Opinion
Melmed v. Motts
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 12, 1985No. 2938PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
Jeffrey Melmed was injured when the motorcycle on which he was riding collided with a vehicle owned and operated by Faye L. Reiner Motts. Alice Drake was a passenger in the Motts vehicle. She was an elderly lady who had been taken to dinner by Ms. Motts, her private duty nurse. Melmed filed a complaint naming both Motts and Drake as defendants. The complaint contained an averment that at the time of the accident Motts had been the employee of Drake and had been acting within the scope of her employment. After the pleadings were closed, Drake filed a motion for summary judgment.…
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