Case Name: Ann COUGHLIN, Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas Coughlin, Deceased, Petitioner v. Ummu MASSAQUOI, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2016-08-24
Citations: 144 A.3d 925
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ann COUGHLIN, Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas Coughlin, Deceased, Petitioner v. Ummu MASSAQUOI, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 144
Pages: 925–926

Head Matter:
Ann COUGHLIN, Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas Coughlin, Deceased, Petitioner v. Ummu MASSAQUOI, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Aug. 24, 2016.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 24th day of August, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:
In a civil trial brought on behalf of a pedestrian who was killed by a motorist, is it reversible error where the defendant motorist admits evidence of the pedestrian's uncorroborated post-mor-tem blood alcohol content (BAC) by way of a toxicology expert who merely explains the uncorroborated BAC in terms of how an equivalent BAC would render an "average" person unfit to cross the street?