Legal Opinion
Brown v. Tunkhannock Township
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 27, 1995PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Judge.
Cindy L. Brown (Brown) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (trial court) granting summary judgment in favor of Tunkhannock Township (Township). We reverse and remand.
On July 29,1991, Brown went to the Township baseball field to see a league softball game for which she did not pay an admission fee. The baseball field is adjacent to a Township garage and is located behind the municipal building. A set of bleachers approximately five rows high has been provided for spectators, but the bleachers have neither handrails nor guardrails.
Brown sat in the…
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