Kane v. Scranton Transit Co.

Opinion by

Me. Justice Allen M. Stearns,

The Scranton Transit Company, defendant, appeals from judgments in favor of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kane for damages sustained when Mrs. Kane was struck by a bus owned and operated by defendant company. A jury returned a verdict of $20,000.00 for the wife and $10,000.00 for the husband, but the latter filed a remittitur of $3,000.00 at the suggestion of the trial judge. The court in banc overruled defendant’s motions for judgment n.o.v. and for new trial. These appeals followed.

The accident occurred near the intersection of Lackawanna and Wyoming Avenues in…