Miller v. Brass Rail Tavern, Inc.

OPINION

MONTEMURO, Justice.

Ronald A. Miller, Sr., Appellant, administrator of the estate of Ronald A. Miller, Jr., appeals an order of the Superior Court which affirmed the judgment of the Clinton County Court of Common Pleas following a verdict in favor of The Brass Rail Tavern, Inc. and Thomas E. McMaster, Appellees. We granted allocatur in this case in order to address whether a non-physician coroner can testify as to time of death.

This action, brought pursuant to the Dram Shop Act, 1 was commenced after Ronald A. Miller, Jr. was killed in an automobile accident. During a non-jury trial, it…