Legal Opinion

Frank v. Cohen

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 30, 1926No. Appeals, 244 and 245PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

Plaintiff seeks to recover for injuries to Ms son, eight years old, occasioned by negligent driving. The court below denied the claim. Defendant was driving his touring car with the front seat crowded with his children. They would not behave and were pushing and jostling about in the machine. In an effort to correct the children, he took his hand off the steering wheel, and pushed one of them back. When he turned his attention to the highway immediately thereafter, appellant’s boy was in the way. Momentarily excited, he turned the car toward the curb, the fender…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. McAvoy v. KromerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  2. Silberstein v. Showell, Fryer & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  3. Cohen v. Philadelphia & Reading RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
  4. Pennsylvania Railroad v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
  5. Jester v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Simmons v. MullenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Webster v. LuckowSupreme Court of Iowa · 1935
  3. Hughes v. . ThayerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
  4. CHAPPLE v. SellersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  5. Rhoads v. HerbertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929

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