Pedlow v. Lippens

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,

This is an appeal from the order of the court below refusing to grant a new trial or to enter judgment n. o. v. after a jury’s verdict of $25,000 in an action of trespass.

Shortly after midnight on October 4, 1942, Paul C. Pedlow was fatally injured on U. S. Highway #13 in Bucks County, by being struck by an automobile driven by the appellant, Henri Lippens. One Otto Haffner was driving from Bristol to Philadelphia, with Bichard Jones, and lie stopped his car in front of the latter’s home to let Mm alight. The Haffner car remained half way on and half way off…