Wightman v. Consolidated Rail Corp.

Abood, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal and cross-appeal from a judgment of the Erie County Court of Common Pleas which, following a jury trial, awarded $1,000,000, the amount of the jury verdict, in compensatory damages to the estate of Michelle Wightman.

Defendant-appellant Consolidated Rail Corporation (“CRC”) sets forth the following assignments of error:

“I. The trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict in appellant’s favor at the close of all the evidence, finding the negligence of plaintiffs decedent was the sole proximate cause of the accident at issue.

“II. The trial court erred…