Stevenson v. General Motors Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

Appellants Daniel L. Stevenson, Virginia A. Stevenson and Valerie Stevenson appeal by allowance a Superior Court order which affirmed the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. Common Pleas granted appellee General Motors Corporation’s motion for a new trial. Appellants claim that the trial judge abused his discretion in granting the motion based upon evidence offered in the second half of a bifurcated trial. Because the jury’s finding of liability is not a verdict upon which final judgment can be entered or from which an appeal will lie, we hold that a…