Legal Opinion

Handwerk v. Bortz

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County

Decided September 9, 1958No. 184Published

1Opinion of the Court

Henninger, P. J.,

In this action in trespass, in which liability was disputed, plaintiff won a sealed verdict for $500 marked “for pain and suffering,” although the parties had stipulated that the automobile repairs amounted to $200, a hospital bill of $81.90 and a doctor bill of $65 were undisputed and no allowance was made for loss of wages.

*257Plaintiff has moved to amend the verdict to include these items, but since this was a sealed verdict, we have no right to mold it after dispersal of the jury to include items not mentioned in the sealed verdict: Reed v. Kinnik, 389 Pa. 143, 150; Havranek…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Van Buren v. EberhardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  2. Eastley v. GlennSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  3. Havranek v. PitssburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  4. Reed v. KinnikSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  5. Hanus v. K. M. B. Construction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958

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