Johnson v. Shindehite

Opinion by

Gunther, J.,

The only question involved in this appeal is whether the court below abused its discretion in granting a new trial.

*37On July 22, 1951, Jane Tarr Heaney, who was then a minor, was a passenger in a 1946 Dodge sedan operated by Lawrence Spohn. This automobile was involved in a collision on Route 119 between Crabtree and Greensburg, Westmoreland County, with a 1948 Chevrolet station wagon operated by George Shindehite. As a result of that collision, Jane Tarr Heaney (who subsequently married and was known at the time of trial as Jane Tarr Heaney Johnson) suffered a fractured…