Legal Opinion

Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 19, 1963No. Appeals, Nos. 383, 384, 418, 419PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

James T. Haviland, sixty-seven years of age, a passenger in an automobile owned by the Lumbermans Mutual Casualty Company (Lumbermans) and operated by one Robert E. Lee, was lulled when the automobile was struck by a bus owned by the Philadelphia Transportation Company and operated by one of its employees.

The plaintiffs, Marjorie Arny and Nancy McCowan, daughters of Haviland, instituted a wrongful death action against the Philadelphia Transportation Company. The plaintiff, Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank, Executor of Haviland’s estate, sued the same defendant under…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Rodgers Et Ux. v. SaxtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  2. Siidekum v. Animal Rescue League of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  3. Koontz v. Messer & Quaker State Oil Refining Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  4. Enfield v. StoutSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  5. Piwoz v. IannaconeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Eisenberg v. GagnonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
  2. Gradel v. InouyeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Mary Vizzini, Administratrix of the Estate of Salvatore Vizzini, Deceased v. Ford Motor Company C/o C. T. Corp. SystemCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
  4. Rivera v. Philadelphia Theological Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  5. Omicron Systems, Inc. v. WeinerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004

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