Tulewicz v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

OPINION

McDermott, justice.

In this opinion we are called upon to determine whether an award rendered by a jury in a wrongful death and survival action was excessive.

The record discloses that the appellant decedent, Jane F. Tulewicz, sustained fatal injuries as a result of being struck by one of appellee’s buses on January 4,1979 1 . A jury trial commenced on February 6,1985 and concluded on February 13, 1985, with the jury returning verdicts for the appellant in the amount of $2,500,000.00 under the Wrongful Death Act 2 and $250,000.00 under the Survival Act 3 . These verdicts were then…