Hitz v. Pittsburgh & Butler Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 2, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of ,C. P. Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1911, No. 636, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Jacob Hitz v. Pittsburgh & Butler Street Railway Company, a Corporation. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Brown, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for plaintiff for $4,000 and judgment thereon. The court refused defendant’s motion for new trial. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 2, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of ,C. P. Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1911, No. 636, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Jacob Hitz v. Pittsburgh & Butler Street Railway Company, a Corporation. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Brown, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for plaintiff for $4,000 and judgment thereon. The court refused defendant’s motion for new trial. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing motion for new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
In a collision of the defendant’s car with a wagon on which the plaintiff was riding, his head and back were injured. He was unconscious for nearly an hour and has since suffered from constant headaches and insomnia. The injury to his head seriously impaired the sight of one eye and the testimony tended to show that it may be necessary either to remove the eye or to wear a patch over it to exclude the light. The injury to his back has so weakened it that he is unable to do more than half the work he before did or to do heavy work of any kind. He had not incurred expenses for…
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