Legal Opinion

Karcesky v. Laria

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 24, 1955No. Appeals, 153, 237 and 242PublishedCited by 100 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Bell,

Plaintiffs motion for a new trial based upon the inadequacy of the verdict was refused by the Court below. Laria and Werner each moved for a judgment n.o.v. and each motion was refused by the Court below. These appeals followed.

Plaintiffs walked across Seventh Avenue in the middle of the block between 12th and 13th Streets in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, at approximately 7:15 o’clock P.M. on March 16, 1951. The street lights were on. Laria, the original defendant, was driving his car north on Seventh Avenue which is 66 feet in width •from curb line to curb line. The…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Schwartz v. JaffeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Carpenelli v. Scranton Bus Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  3. Readshaw Et Ux. v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  4. Thompson v. GormanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  5. Takac v. BamfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952

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3Cited by100 opinions

  1. Smith v. Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  2. Evans v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  3. Elza v. ChovanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  4. Kirby v. LarsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Crawford v. Manhattan L. Ins. Co. of NYSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966

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