Legal Opinion
Rankin v. Fischer
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 5, 1982No. Nos. 502 and 508PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HESTER, Judge:
A Petition for Declaratory Judgment was filed in the lower court to determine the relative liabilities of the three defendants for payment to the plaintiff of an agreed upon sum of money. The plaintiff is the administratrix of the Estate of Bruce C. Rankin. Rankin was killed when his automobile collided with a tractor-trailer in Westmoreland County on April 25, 1973. The plaintiff filed suit against William L. Fischer (hereinafter “Fischer”), the owner and operator of the tractor-trailer unit and T. H. Compton, Inc. (hereinafter “Compton”), the lessee of the unit under a…
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- Baltimore & Pittsburgh Motor Express, Inc. v. SustrickDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1968
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