Tolentino v. Bailey

Opinion by

Cercone, J.,

This appeal arises from a jury verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, Mr. Tolentino, in the amount of $225,000. The facts of this suit in trespass, cast in the light most favorable to the verdict winner, are as follows:

In October, 1962, the plaintiff and several other coworkers, while in the course of their employment with Continental Transportation Company, were told to unload the freight from the defendant Bailey’s truck. The men routinely backed the truck up to the loading dock, put on the emergency brake, put the truck in reverse gear, and placed blocks of wood…