Sodders v. Fry

OPINION BY

Judge PELLEGRINI.

Police Officer Christopher T. Fry (Officer Fry), Ohioville Borough, and the Ohio-ville Borough Police Department (collectively, Borough) appeal an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County (trial court) granting Richard Sodders (Sodders) a new trial because the trial court did not specifically instruct the jury on negligence per se as to both Officer Fry and Sodders even though both parties admittedly violated separate provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code (Code). 1 Discerning no error in the trial court’s opinion, we affirm.

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