Legal Opinion

Brown v. Scranton

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 11, 1933No. Appeals, 72 and 73PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

These appeals raise the same question decided in Paraska v. Scranton [the preceding case]. In this case, however, onr examination of the record discloses no evidence of negligence on the part of defendant to submit to the jury. Here the accident occurred when an eleven-year-old girl fell and received injury in a public playground while in the act of climbing over a wire fence, separating two parts of the playground, to reach a drinking fountain. Safe access to the fountain was provided by another route slightly longer but well known to the children and within a short distance of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Guilmartin v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
  2. Ansell v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. McHugh Et Ux. v. Reading Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  2. Bass v. Quinn-Robbins Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1950
  3. Schilz v. Walter Kassuba, Inc.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Onstott v. Allegheny CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  5. Bonczek v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940

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