Myers v. Dies

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FLAHERTY.

Patricia Dies and the Port Authority of Allegheny County (collectively, “Defendants”) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County post-trial relief seeking to vacate an order of mistrial and to reinstate the jury verdict. We affirm for the reasons set forth below.

Janice Myers (Myers) initiated a civil suit claiming that Defendants negligently injured her. The case went to trial and after three days the jury indicated that they had reached a verdict. The Judge asked the jury: “[D]o you find that Patricia Dies and Port Authority of…