Case Name: Schornig et ux. v. Speer, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1942-01-26
Citations: 343 Pa. 649
Docket Number: Appeals, Nos. 304 and 305
Parties: Schornig et ux. v. Speer, Appellant.
Judges: Before Schaffer, C. J.; Maxey, Drew, Linn, Stern, Patterson and Parker, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 343
Pages: 649–650

Head Matter:
Schornig et ux. v. Speer, Appellant.
Argued January 6, 1942.
Before Schaffer, C. J.; Maxey, Drew, Linn, Stern, Patterson and Parker, JJ.
Abraham Wernicle, with him I. Nathaniel Treblow, for appellant.
Herbert Welty and Fred G. Gardner, for appellees, were not heard.
January 26, 1942:

Opinion:
Per Curiam,
This is an appeal from the order of the court below granting a new trial in an action of trespass to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiffs while guests in an automobile owned and driven by defendant. The jury returned a verdict for defendant. The court granted a new trial, because in its opinion there had been "a manifest miscarriage of justice", due in large extent to the introduction of irrelevant and prejudicial issues into the trial by defendant's attorney. No abuse of discretion is shown. This being so, we ivill not interfere with the new trial order: Weinfeld v. Funk, 342 Pa. 160, 20 A. 2d 206; Murphy v. McGinnis, 343 Pa. 255, 22 A. 2d 649.
Order affirmed.