Swalina v. Pisalski

Per Curiam,

These appeals are governed in principle by the cases of Maltz v. Carter, 311 Pa. 550, 166 A. 852, and Knox v. Simmerman, 301 Pa. 1, 151 A. 678, which hold that where an automobile, which is being driven on a dry road in daylight, or on a clear moonlight night, without congestion of traffic, suddenly swerves from the road and runs into a pole alongside the road, the occurrence is so unusual and out of the normal as to call for an explanation from the driver-; and in the absence of a satisfactory explanation the jury may infer that the accident arose from a want of due care.

The facts…