Legal Opinion

McLaughlin v. Tygard, Trustees

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 14, 1936No. Appeal, 195PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment in the trial court covering damages for injuries he received caused by a window sill falling upon him from a three-storied building which defendant, Tygard, was demolishing. The latter appeals.

It is argued that plaintiff is hot entitled to recover, because he was eontributorily negligent in that he walked past the building which was being demolished when he could have seen débris falling from it if he had looked.

Plaintiff was a stranger in the neighborhood, a pedestrian walking along the sidewalk in front of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hostetler v. KniseleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Riegert v. ThackerySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Przybyszewski v. NunesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  2. Givens v. W. J. Gilmore Drug Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940

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