281 Pa. Super. 135 - Couts v. Ghion’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 71 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions — most recently March 2018 · most notably 105 Wash. 2d 457 - Dickinson v. Edwards (1986), 336 Pa. Super. 569 - Ackerman v. Delcomico (1984)
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 71 state decisions
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Relationships
Relies on Majors v. Brodhead Hotel · Fisher v. Dye · Jardine v. Upper Darby Lodge No. 1973 · Smith v. Clark · Critzer Et Ux. v. Donovan
Most-quoted passages
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“"[ Whe conclude that the issue of whether Ghion was visibly intoxicated when he was served his last drink at the Holiday House bar should have been submitted to the jury. Evidence presented at trial established that Ghion had consumed a substantial amount of alcohol before being served his last drink; that Ghion had driven erratically and without using his car's lights in the dark; and that Ghion had appeared intoxicated to the investigating police officer. Additionally, im properly excluded evidence of Ghion's blood alcohol content (see infra) would have lent further support to an inference that Ghion may have been visibly intoxicated at the Holiday House bar. Despite the lack of direct evidence bearing on Ghion's condition when he was served his last drink, we think that the jury could have reasonably concluded that he was visibly intoxicated at that time. Accordingly, we hold that the lower court erred in refusing to take off the compulsory nonsuit entered in favor of Holiday House." (Emphasis added.)”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“§ 4-493 Unlawful Act relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages ****** (1) It shall be unlawful for any licensee or the board, or any employee, servant or agent of such licensee or of the board, or any other person, to sell, furnish or give any liquor or malt or brewed beverages to be sold, furnished or given, to any person visibly intoxicated ... ****** § 4-497 Liability of licensee No licensee shall be liable to third persons on account of damages inflicted upon them off of the licensed premises by customers of the licensee unless the customer who inflicts the damages was sold, furnished or given liquor or malt or brewed beverages by the said licensee or his agent, servant or employee when the said customer was visibly intoxicated.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“On appeal from a compulsory non-suit the plaintiff must be given the benefit of every fact and every reasonable inference of fact arising from the evidence, whether direct or circumstantial, and all conflicts must be resolved in the plaintiff’s favor. A compulsory nonsuit may be entered only in a clear case where the facts and circumstances lead unerringly to but one conclusion. Paul v. Hess Bros., 226 Pa.Super. 92, 94-95 , 312 A.2d 65, 66 (1973) (citations omitted). In a trespass case, a plaintiff need not exclude every other reasonable possibility that could have caused the accident. “It is not necessary, under Pennsylvania law, that every fact or circumstance point unerringly to liability; it is enough that there be sufficient facts for the jury to say reasonably that the preponderance favors liability.” Jones v. Treegoob, 433 Pa. 225, 230 , 249 A.2d 352, 355 (1969).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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