Legal Opinion
Meyer v. Community College of Beaver County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 17, 2010No. 20 WAP 2009, 21 WAP 2009PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice SAYLOR.
At issue is the Commonwealth Court’s holding that governmental immunity extends to all statutory causes of action, whether arising in tort or contract, subject only to the eight exceptions enumerated in the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act.
The two underlying civil cases are companion ones, involving similar claims by two separate groups of former students of Appellee, Community College of Beaver County, who were enrolled in a police training program. According to the averments of the complaints, each group had completed a substantial portion of the training when the…
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