Hoy v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

NARICK, Senior Judge.

Alice Hoy (Appellant) has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County granting a motion for summary judgment filed by Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). The trial court’s grant of summary judgment was based upon Appellant’s failure to comply with the six months’ notice provision of 42 Pa.C.S. § 5522. For the reasons set forth herein, we hereby vacate the trial court’s order and remand the matter to that court for further findings of fact.

On January 11, 1985, while disembarking from a SEPTA train, Appellant slipped on…