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: 559 Pa. 375
Docket Number: Petition No. 380 E.D. Alloc. Dkt. 1998
Parties: Phyliss JACOBS and Edwin Jacobs, Petitioners, v. Edward H. HEVENER, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 559
Pages: 375–376

Head Matter:
740 A.2d 1137
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, re spondent'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).