Legal Opinion
Harding v. Evans
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 31, 1962No. Civ. No. 6817PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHERIDAN, District Judge.
This is a motion by plaintiff for a new trial in a negligence action in which the jury returned a special verdict. The Court entered judgment on the verdict in favor of the defendant, James Evans.
Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship and the jurisdictional amount. Pennsylvania law controls.
On November 10, 1957, a car operated by Paul A. Weyand, third party defendant, collided with a car operated by James Evans, defendant. Plaintiff was a passenger in the Weyand car. The accident happened on a bridge on Route 11 in Nicholson, Pennsylvania. Road conditions…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Elsie McDonnell Guardian of the Estate of Ronald McDonnell and Elsie McDonnell Individually v. Jeanette TimmermanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
- Norfolk Southern Ry. Co. v. Davis Frozen Foods, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
- Liuzzo v. McKaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Cate v. Good Bros., IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
- Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. ManleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Chrysler Corp. v. TodorovichWyoming Supreme Court · 1978
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- Brewer v. Jeep Corp.District Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1982
- Strauss v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1967