Tyler v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Schaffer,

A single question is presented to us on this appeal: Should we further reduce the verdict and' judgment which plaintiff recovered? The verdict was $50,000. The court in banc, consisting of three judges, one of them the trial judge, reduced the verdict to $30,000.

Appellant in its brief states: “The verdict, as reduced to $30,000, is still grossly excessive, but defendant cannot suggest a fair basis for a further reduction under the testimony.” It asks us to order a new trial. The plaintiff, through her counsel at the Bar on oral argu ment and in her brief,…