Steele v. France

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

In this trespass action, Theodore France, defendant, admitted that on East Street in the City of Pittsburgh he negligently drove his car into the rear of a parked truck in which the owner, Ethelberfc Steele, plaintiff, was sitting. The only issue contested at the trial was the amount of damages to be awarded to plaintiff. The jury returned a verdict of $14,270 and, after defendant’s motion for new trial was denied, judgment was entered on that verdict. Defendant then brought this appeal.

On March 19, 1947, at 6:45 P. M., plaintiff was sitting in the driver’s seat of…