Case Name: Phyliss JACOBS and Edwin Jacobs, Petitioners, v. Edward H. HEVENER, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1999-06-04
Citations: 740 A.2d 1137
Docket Number: 
Parties: Phyliss JACOBS and Edwin Jacobs, Petitioners, v. Edward H. HEVENER, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 740
Pages: 1137–1137

Head Matter:
Phyliss JACOBS and Edwin Jacobs, Petitioners, v. Edward H. HEVENER, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
June 4, 1999.
J. Craig Currie, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 4th day of June 1999, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED limited to the question of whether the trial court properly allowed, over objection, respondent's counsel to make a "missing witness argument" during his closing argument. The order of the Superior Court is REVERSED and this matter is REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this Court's decision in Bennett v. Sakel, 555 Pa. 560, 725 A.2d 1195 (1999).