Reese v. France

Citations

• 62 Pa. Super. 128
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 371

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Automobiles—Evidence—Case for fury.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for personal injuries caused by an automobile, the case is for the jury where the undisputed facts are that in the clear daylight and with nothing to obstruct the defendant’s view, he struck an elderly woman while she was in the middle of a prominent highway, carried her body for forty feet, ran over her and then proceeded twenty-five feet further before stopping his car, although he admitted that he should have stopped his automobile within ten feet while running at top speed.</p> <p>Negligence — Damages—Medical testimony — Evidence.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for personal injuries where the question of the degree and permanency of the plaintiff’s invalidism is involved, the connection between her condition at the time of the trial, and that at the time of the accident, is a proper subject of inquiry.</p>