Laurelli v. Shapiro

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

On Christmas Day of 1954, Anthony Laurelli, then 50 years of age, was injured when a rescue truck of the City of Philadelphia which he was driving, was struck by an automobile owned by the defendant William Shapiro. The jury returned a money verdict in favor of Laurelli. Laurelli had been previously injured in an accident in 1948, and it is the contention of the defendant, who has here appealed, that whatever may be Laurelli’s symptoms of illness or disablement, they are not the result of what happened on December 25, 1954. The plaintiff admits his accident of…