Buchecker v. Reading Co.

ROBINSON, Judge:

This is an action brought by the appellee, Yvonne R. Buchecker, Administratrix of the Estate of Eugene T. Bu-checker, deceased, under the wrongful death and survival statutes to recover for the death of her husband, who was killed in a collision with a train of the appellant railroad at a grade crossing on State Highway Route 309. After a trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the appellee for $95,000.00 in the wrongful death case and for $405,000.00 in the survival action. The lower court denied appellant’s post trial motions for a judgment n. o. v. and for a new…