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: 636 Pa. 464
Docket Number: No. 166 EAL 2016
Parties: Ann COUGHLIN, Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas Coughlin, Deceased, Petitioner v. Ummu MASSAQUOI, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 636
Pages: 464–465

Head Matter:
144 A.3d 925
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-mortem 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?