Legal Opinion

Houseknecht v. Walters

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 30, 1991No. 01671PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOFFMAN, Judge:

This appeal is from a May 25, 1990 order granting the motion for a new trial of appellees, Mary and Donald Houseknecht. Appellant, Quentin R. Walters, argues that the trial court erred in granting appellees a new trial because the evidence adduced at trial supported the jury’s verdict. We affirm.

On March 13, 1984, an accident occurred in which appellant’s vehicle struck from behind appellees’ vehicle, which was being driven by appellee Mary Houseknecht. On May 31, 1985, appellees filed a negligence suit against appellant. A jury trial was initiated on February 27, 1989. On…

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FarquharsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Thompson v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. Giovanetti v. Johns-Manville Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Gougher v. HanslerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  5. Buck v. Scott TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Brindley v. Woodland Village Restaurant, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. Insurance Co. of State of Pa. v. MillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  3. DiFrancesco v. Excam, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  4. Hallowell v. Wuestkamp, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County1995
  5. Blango v. Jeanes Hospital, Inc., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County2011

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