Baker v. Continental Casualty Co.

The appeal in this case is from the action in the Court of Common Pleas, setting aside a verdict of the jury in favor of the appellant, Norman W. Baker, the plaintiff below, and entering judgment, notwithstanding the verdict, in favor of the appellee, Continental Casualty Company, the defendant below.

The appellant is a young man who served three years as a Navy Aviation Cadet, and upon his return to civilian life, resumed his studies at Swarthmore College. Upon graduation from that institution in February, 1949, he became a full-fledged member of the American Society of Civil Engineers,…