Williams v. Philadelphia Housing Authority

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Wanda Williams and her two minor children, Jasmine and Shante, (collectively Williams) appeal from two orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) that sustained the preliminary objections of the City of Philadelphia (City) and the Philadelphia Housing Authority (Authority) to their complaint. Williams claimed that the City and the Authority negligently failed to provide security in the Martin Luther King Housing Project (Housing Project) as was necessary to prevent criminal assaults by third parties. The trial court held that this claim…