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Title: Margaret Harmotta and Nick Harmotta v. Father Phillip Bender
Author : Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Release Date : January 10, 1992
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 78 KB

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In this opinion we are called upon to determine whether the trial court properly refused to exclude for cause Roman Catholic jurors who were members of a diocese, a named party defendant with a remote financial interest in the outcome of the lawsuit, but were not members of a specific parish, also a named party defendant with a direct financial interest in the outcome of the lawsuit; and whether the trial court properly instructed the jury that the doctrine of hills and ridges dictated the appellants burden of proof. We find, first, that the trial court properly refused to exclude for cause members of the diocese given their remote financial interest in the litigation and their avowed commitment to decide the case fairly and impartially. Second, we find that the doctrine of hills and ridges governs whether a plaintiff may recover for a fall on an ice- or snow-covered sidewalk or parking lot which occurred at a time when generally slippery conditions prevailed in the community. Therefore, we affirm.