Beckloff v. Patel

PRATT, J.,

On September 3, 1994, at the Eldorado Motel in Shenango Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, plaintiff Thomas E. Beckloff was injured when assaulted early in the morning by an unidentified person while staying with his plaintiff wife at the defendant motel as a guest. After a jury trial of this case, the jury, on January 7, 1998, entered a verdict in favor of the defendant. The plaintiffs timely filed a motion for post-trial relief, which was denied by the court on December 23,1998. This opinion is issued in support of this order.

DISCUSSION

In their motion for post-trial relief,…