O'Hara v. Scranton

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

There was sufficient evidence to determine whether the crosswalk, on which plaintiff was injured, was kept in the condition required by law. The verdict establishes that the city failed in its duty.. The complaints noAv are that the amount of the verdict, $7,000, is excessive; that only one judge sat at the argument for the neAv trial, and that the Act of July 1, 1937, P. L. 2547, 53 PS §2774, was misunderstood.(1) The amount of the verdict is questioned on two grounds: (a) that it is excessive and (b) that there was error in charging “If you give any award for pain…