Legal Opinion

Faulks v. Fischer

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 11, 1944No. Appeal 120PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

Much of the testimony offered by plaintiff in this case was improperly excluded by the learned trial judge, but even had it been admitted the record as thus supplemented would not justify the imposition of liability on defendant; therefore the compulsory non-suit entered by the court must be sustained.

Plaintiff, aged 54 years, had been a cook ever since she was 15 years old. She was employed in that capacity in the household of defendant, Helene K. Fischer. She started to work there about a year before the accident which is the basis of the present suit and which occurred on…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Wagner v. H. W. Jayne Chemical Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
  2. Rice v. KringSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  3. Baumgartner v. Pennsylvania R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  4. Corcoran v. WanamakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
  5. Purdy v. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Repyneck v. TarantinoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  2. Gilkes v. LevinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  3. Frederick Hudson Gaskins v. William B. Tarpley, in No. 19398 v. Aeroprojects Incorporated. Appeal of Charles Dana McKinney JrCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
  4. Frankiewicz v. Reading Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1972

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