Shields v. Galloway Bros. Transportation Co.

OPINION ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; MOTION GRANTED

BIFFERATO, Justice.

The Court heard argument on January 28, 1972, on defendants’ motion for summary judgment. This action for damages arising from an accident involving the parties was filed by Joseph G. Shields, as next friend of John Shields, a minor, and by Joseph G. Shields, in his own right (Shieldses), on May 3, 1968. The defendant, Galloway Bros. Transportation Co., et al. (Galloway), filed a motion for summary judgment on February 24, 1970, on the grounds of collateral estoppel based on a jury verdict in a Pennsylvania…