Wallace v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 180, Oct. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lawrence Co., March T., 1906, No. 62, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Fred F. Wallace v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. • Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before William E. Porter, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 180, Oct. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lawrence Co., March T., 1906, No. 62, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Fred F. Wallace v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. • Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before William E. Porter, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the trial when Doctor L. W. Swope was on the stand certain radiograph pictures were shown to him, and he was asked this question: “ Q. I will ask you, doctor, to take exhibit ‘ B ’ to the jury. First, when this incision was made state whether or not the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The evidence fully warrants the conclusion reached by the *561jury in this case that the injuries sustained by the plaintiff were severe to an unusual degree. Whether they all were legally chargeable to defendant’s negligence is a matter to be considered later on. Under the instructions of the court the jury were allowed, in determining the plaintiff’s damages, to take into consideration the pain and suffering he would probably in the future endure, as a sequence of his injuries, as well as that he had already suffered. This instruction is complained of as…
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