Allison v. Snelling & Snelling, Inc.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice O’Brien,

This case was brought under the wrongful death and survival statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Maude C. Allison, widow of the decedent and administratrix of his estate. After a trial lasting 5 days, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the amount of $65,000. This verdict, rendered in a lump sum, was eventually molded into separate sums; $62,000 in the wrongful death action, and $3,-000 in the survival action. The defendant thereafter filed motions for judgment n.o.v. and new trial. The *521motions were denied, and in conjunction with the…