Legal Opinion

Koch Et Vir v. White Haven Borough

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 10, 1948No. Appeals, 210 and 211PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of

Mr. Justice Drew,

Plaintiffs, Luella Irene Koch, and her husband, George E. Koch, brought this suit in trespass against defendant, Borough of White Haven, Luzerne County, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by her when she fell on the cartway of a public highway of the Borough. The jury returned a verdict in favor of each plaintiff. The learned court below refused defendant’s motions for a new trial and for judgment n. o. v., and these appeals followed.

Reading the record in the light most favorable to plaintiffs, the following facts appear; Plaintiffs, resided at the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hulings v. PittsburghSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  2. Van Ormer v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  3. Schramm v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Bosack v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  2. Aloia v. City of WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  3. Com. of Pa., Dept. of Hwys. v. EldridgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  4. Bullick v. ScrantonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  5. Frantz v. Slatington Recreation Commission, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County1953

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