Legal Opinion

Embrey v. Borough of West Mifflin

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 12, 1978No. 344, 403, 410 and 416PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VAN der VOORT, Judge:

The issue on this appeal is the correct apportionment of an award of damages between two groups of defendants, those responsible for a highway accident and those responsible for the medical and hospital malpractice which followed.

The litigation grows out of a collision on April 20, 1972, between two cars at the intersection of Route 885 and Lewis Run Road in the Borough of West Mifflin, one driven by John M. Embrey on Lewis Run Road and the other by Anna Marie Schnur on Route 885. The evidence established to the jury’s satisfaction that at the moment the cars reached the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Dilliplaine v. Lehigh Valley Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Herrero v. AtkinsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1964
  3. Ash v. MortensenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
  4. Thompson v. FoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  5. Niles v. City of San RafaelCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Lasprogata v. QuallsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  2. Pacific Indemnity Co. v. LinnCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
  3. Shields, Arnett L. v. Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Bethlehem Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
  4. Corbett v. WeisbandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  5. Martin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

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