Kralik v. Cromwell

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

In this trespass action arising out of an automobile collision, the jury returned a verdict for the defend ant. The court en banc below granted a new trial merely stating in its order “that the interests of justice require” it.

The grant of a new trial lies within the inherent power of a trial court, and on appeal we will not interfere with the exercise thereof, unless there has been a clear abuse of discretion or an error of law which necessarily controlled the grant of the new trial. Getz v. Balliet, 431 Pa. 441, 246 A. 2d 108 (1968). Moreover, as we stated in…