Powell v. City of Philadelphia

BECK, Judge:

Appellants, City of Philadelphia and John F. Jones, appeal from a May 13, 1980 order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County sitting en banc which dismissed appellants’ timely filed motion for a new trial and affirmed the trial judge’s order of April 18, 1979 in favor of appellee, Michael Powell, in the amount of $150,000.00.

In this appeal, appellants do not contest liability; rather, they argue that the lower court erred in awarding excessive damages to appellee for injuries he sustained in an altercation with a City fireman, appellant-Jones. We reject this…