Corcoran v. Philadelphia

Citations

• 70 Pa. Super. 512
• 1918 Pa. Super. LEXIS 290

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities — Hole in pavement — Gasp for jury.</p> <p>In an action by a woman pedestrian against a city to recover damages for personal injuries by stepping or falling into a hole in a pavement, a verdict and judgment for plaintiff will be sustained, where the evidence tends to show that the hole in question was a group of inlets or vents located close together on the edge of the pavement, that the lid of one certainly, and possibly two, had been removed, that this condition of affairs had lasted for a long time, and that plaintiff was unfamiliar with the locality.</p> <p>In such a case it is immaterial that plaintiff’s testimony that she fell into the first hole as she approached, was contradicted by that of her principal witness, who stated that plaintiff fell into the second hole.</p>