Segriff v. Johnston

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

Plaintiff brought an action for personal injuries; the jury returned a verdict for defendant. The trial Judge died; a substituted Judge granted a new trial for the sole reason that the trial Judge committed basic error in 'charging that all plaintiff established was the “defendant was slightly remiss* in his duties.” Defendant took this appeal.

At approximately 4:30 a.m. on March 31, 1956, defendant Avas driving his automobile east on Route 28 from New Kensington toward Tarentum. He was driving in his right-hand lane. Michael Segriff, the victim of the accident, had…