Legal Opinion

Pape v. Short

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County

Decided February 7, 1961No. 1579PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Weiss, J.,

This matter is before the court on plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial. The case arose out of an accident which occurred on September 18, 1958. The wife-plaintiff was a passenger in an automobile owned by her but operated by the husband-plaintiff. It seems that plaintiffs were following another automobile driven by defendant, Bonnie Short. When defendant tried to return her car to the right lane of traffic, she turned into plaintiffs’ path and this *582caused husband-plaintiff to swerve his car off the road. In doing this, the left rear of plaintiffs’ car was struck by the rear bumper of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ischo v. BaileySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  2. SIMPKINS v. RicheySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1960

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Pape v. ShortSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962

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