Legal Opinion
Weissman v. PRASHKER
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 14, 1961No. Appeal, 237PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Musmanno,
On October 5, 1953, Nathan Prashker, president of the Choice Embroidery & Laces, Inc., took off from the Allegheny County Airport for Cleveland in a single engine Beechcraft Bonanza plane. The plane never reached its destination. It crashed some eight miles from the Airport in Forward Township, killing the pilot and its sole passenger Harold B. Weissman. Ruth W. Weissman, widow, and administratrix of the estate of Harold Weissman, brought an action in trespass for wrongful death against the estate of Nathan Prashker and the Choice Embroidery & Laces, Inc.,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cadwallader v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Armon v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Cameron Bank v. Aleppo TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Melcher v. Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Prashker v. Beech Aircraft CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
3Cited by60 opinions
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- Bishop v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Marks v. Bell Tel. Co. of Penn.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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