Legal Opinion
Furia v. Philadelphia
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 16, 1955No. Appeal, 162PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Ervin, J.,
This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment entered by the court below by which it was determined that the city’s claim for subrogation, arising out of wage payments made by it to an injured policeman under the Act of June 28, 1935, P. L. 477, as amended, 53 PS §327, was subject to the payment of a reasonable fee to the attorney who was instrumental in producing the fund.
Alfred Pirolli, a policeman employed by the City of Philadelphia, was injured on March 29, 1952, when a police car he was operating was struck by an automobile owned and operated by one Forrest L.…
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3Cited by46 opinions
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