Hilbert v. Katz

Anahid Hilbert sued Jacob Katz in trespass for injuries sustained when Katz’s automobile hit her vehicle in a collision in Hatboro on May 4, 1978. At a jury trial in 1980 a verdict was returned in favor of Katz and Hilbert filed post trial motions for judgment non obstante veredicto and a new trial. In July 1981 the lower court granted the appellee Hilbert’s motion for a new trial, “because of the uncertainty as to the basis for the verdict” and from this order Katz now appeals.

At trial it was established that Hilbert was travelling west on Montgomery Avenue in Hatboro Township, just west of…