Yeager v. J. R. Christ Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KRAFT, District Judge.
Following a second trial of these actions, brought under the Wrongful Death and Survival Acts of Pennsylvania,1 the jury returned verdicts in favor of the remaining defendants,2 J. R. Christ & *188Co., Inc. (Christ) and Mast Engineering Co., Inc. (Mast).
Following the entry of judgment upon the verdicts the plaintiff filed a timely motion for new trial in support of which 42 reasons were assigned. The record reveals, however, that plaintiff’s counsel properly preserved but seven grounds,3 by specific exceptions following our charge. (n. t. 597-601).
Of these seven…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Quercia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Smith v. Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. PutnamSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Foley v. the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- United States v. Philadelphia & Reading RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Foster v. Borough of GlenoldenDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1969