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ORDER
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Coughlin, A. v. Massaquoi, U.Coughlin, A. v. Massaquoi, U.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Aug 24, 2016
166 EAL 2016 (Granted)
Versions:144 A.3d 925
636 Pa. 464
2016 Pa. LEXIS 1877
2016 WL 4467279

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 27th day of July, 2016, the Application for Leave to File Original Process and the Petition for Writ of Mandamus and/or Extraordinary Relief, to the extent it seeks a writ of mandamus, are GRANTED. The Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County is DIRECTED to adjudicate Petitioner‘s pending filings within 90 day. Finally, the Prothonotary is DIRECTED to serve this order on the President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.

Justice MUNDY did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.

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?

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 30th day of August, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the is-

Case Details

Case Name: Coughlin, A. v. Massaquoi, U.
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Date Published: Aug 24, 2016
Citations: 144 A.3d 925; 636 Pa. 464; 2016 Pa. LEXIS 1877; 2016 WL 4467279; 166 EAL 2016 (Granted)
Docket Number: 166 EAL 2016 (Granted)
Court Abbreviation: Pa.
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