Suckling v. Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

On December 6, 1957, John H. Reik was struck and killed by a motor vehicle owned by Anna H. McKirdy1 and operated by Thomas J. Collins [Collins]. The McKirdy motor vehicle was insured under an automobile liability policy issued by the Pennsylvania Threshermen and Farmers’ Mutual Casualty Insurance Company [insurance carrier],

Ruth Suckling, Reik’s personal representative, instituted a trespass action in the Court oí Common Pleas of Blair County against Mrs. McKirdy’s personal representative and Collins. At trial, a compulsory nonsuit was entered in favor of the…