Wallace v. Pennsylvania Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 124, Oct. T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lawrence Co., March T., 1906, No. 62, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Fred F. Wallace v. Pennsylvania Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 124, Oct. T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lawrence Co., March T., 1906, No. 62, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Fred F. Wallace v. Pennsylvania Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff presented the following points: 4. In determining the nature and extent of the plaintiff’s injuries and whether he will be temporarily or permanently disabled and crippled, the jury will consider the injuries sustained by the plaintiff at the time of the accident a.nd the present condition of his injuries, and if the plaintiff in the selection of his…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
The argument of appellant is confined to the first and third assignments of error and to the assignments raising the questions as to the sufficiency of the proof of earning power and the adequacy of the charge. The "other assignments are not pressed.
In cases of this character the burden rests upon the plaintiff to show by sufficient evidence what loss of earning power he sustained by the injuries he received: McKenna v. Citizens’ Natural Gas Company, 198 Pa. 31. Loss of earning power is one of the principal items of the damages which the plaintiff claims in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McKenna v. Citizens' Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
3Cited by2 opinions
- Helmstetter v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Pennsylvania Co. v. WallaceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910