Legal Opinion

Zawoyski v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 10, 1964No. Appeal, 134PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mu. Justice Musmanno,

On the morning of August 10, 1958, the alarm sounded in the Carnegie Fire House, which sat back some 38 feet from Main Street which it faced. With alertness and promptitude the firemen leaped to their duties. Krovchyshyn, the driver, scaled to the driver’s seat of the fire truck, Steve Moss jumped onto the running board at the rear of the truck, and Fireman Frank T. Zawoyski, the plaintiff in this case, ran ahead to the center of Main Street to make certain the street was clear because it would be of little use to the premises on fire if the fire truck became…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Philadelphia v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  2. Chappell v. Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Simmons v. MullenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Kemp v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Paliometros v. LoyolaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  4. Palmosina v. Laidlaw Transit Co., Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  5. Hertel v. Parke, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lycoming County1987

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