Legal Opinion

Rusidoff v. DeBolt Transfer, Inc.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 2, 1977No. 997 and 998PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRICE, Judge:

These appeals are from an order of the lower court denying appellants’ motion for a new trial. We find the jury verdicts returned in these trespass actions to be ambiguous. We therefore reverse the order of the lower court and remand the case for a new trial.

On June 20, 1973, Joyce Paugh and John Rusidoff were passengers in a car driven by Mrs. Rusidoff. The automobile was proceeding in a southerly direction on Route 38 in Butler County. Appellants allege that, at approximately 8:40 a. m., one of appellee’s employees, operating a tractor-trailer in a northerly direction on Route…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Decker v. KuleszaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  2. Anstine v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  3. Ason v. LeonhartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  4. Hornak v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  5. Palmer v. MosesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. House of Pasta, Inc. v. MayoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  2. Chiaverini v. Sewickley Valley HospitalSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  3. Mitchell v. Gravely International, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  4. James v. NolanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  5. Paugh v. Nationwide InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

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