Picchetti v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.

Plaintiff’s action below was to participate in the State Insurance Fund by reason of the death of her husband while he was working at his job as a “shooter” in a mine of the defendant, a self-insurer. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant and this appeal on questions of law results, with the following assignments of error.

1. The finding of the court and jury is contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence and is contrary to law.

2. The findings of the jury were improperly influenced by misconduct of the defense counsel.

3. The court erred in permitting to go to the jury “Exhibit A”…