Legal Opinion
McSparran v. H. J. Williams Co., Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 23, 1965No. Civ. A. No. 37800PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BODY, District Judge.
On April 24, 1963 plaintiff’s decedents, husband and wife, were fatally injured in a head-on collision between their automobile and a car driven by one Patsy A. Demmy on Route 441 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Plaintiff alleges that the sole and proximate cause of the accident was a severe dip in the highway which Mr. Barlek’s car struck, resulting in a loss of control, and causing his car to crash violently into the Demmy car killing all three persons instantly. This dip or sharp incline was apparently located in a twenty foot long patch put into the road by the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Collins v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
- Gullborg v. RizzoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- Meads Et Ux. v. RutterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Greater Valley Terminal Corp. v. Peltz St. Terminals, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1957
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Ammlung v. PlattSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Scarbrough v. R-Way Furniture Co.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1985
- United States Ex Rel. Fear v. RundleDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- McDonnell v. Hilbert, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lebanon County1975