Juarbe v. City of Philadelphia

MONTGOMERY, Judge:

This appeal arises from the lower court’s Order granting a Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the Defendant-Ap-pellee, Exxon Company (hereinafter referred to as “Exxon”). The action arose in the lower court as a result of an incident which allegedly took place on March 29, 1974, when the Plaintiff-Appellant, Eloina Juarbe, slipped and fell on an accumulation of petroleum products present on the sidewalk of an Exxon station operated by one William Davis. Mrs. Juarbe, who was pregnant at the time, claimed that as a result of the fall she prematurely gave birth to a child,…