Wolfe v. Pittsburgh

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

On December 27, 1948, the plaintiff Harold Wolfe was injured when the automobile in which he was travelling westwardly on Duquesne Avenue came into collision with a patrol truck of the City of Pittsburgh travelling northwardly on Seventh Avenue. In the trial of the lawsuit resulting from this accident the plaintiff recovered a verdict of |5,000, and the defendant has appealed, urging judgment n.o.v.

The only difference between this case and the usual intersection vehicular crash is that here the defendant’s vehicle, sometimes referred to as a “Black Maria,” was…