Legal Opinion
Gallagher v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 28, 2005No. 49 EAP 2004PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice SAYLOR.
Appeal was allowed to consider whether a trial court presiding over a civil negligence case erred in refusing to bifurcate trial to avoid exposing jurors to information from which it could be inferred that the plaintiff may have received some compensation for his injuries from a collateral source.
In November of 1999, while working as an inventory picker in a warehouse operated by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (the “PLCB”), Appellee, John Gallagher, fell through an opening in an elevated walkway. He later commenced a negligence action against the PLCB; World…
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- Heckendorn v. Consolidated Rail Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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