Stevenson v. Davis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 185, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1920, No. 2287, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of A. C. Stevenson v. James C. Davis, Director General of Railroads, agent operating the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Co. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Haymaker, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 185, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1920, No. 2287, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of A. C. Stevenson v. James C. Davis, Director General of Railroads, agent operating the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Co. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Haymaker, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff; motion by defendant for new trial refused; and judgment for plaintiff for $7,250. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was refusal of new trial, quoting order.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Plaintiff, while a passenger on a car of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company, operated by the director general of railroads, was injured by a suit case or hand satchel falling from a rack above the seat in which he was sitting and striking him on the *363head. A verdict was rendered in his favor for $7,250. The court below having refused a new trial, defendant appealed from the judgments entered on the verdict.
The statement of the question involved is “whether the size of the verdict for the injury suffered was manifestly too great and plainly the result of…
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