Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 15, 1987No. 94 E.D. Appeal Docket 1986PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

This is the appeal of the City of Philadelphia, Appellant, from the opinion and order of the Commonwealth Court reversing the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County granting Appellant’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings.1

On December 9,1980, Esther Powell Johnson and William Douglas Johnson (Appellees) filed a complaint in trespass against the City and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) alleging that on July 11, 1980, as Mrs. Johnson was alighting from a Philadelphia subway train and attempting to leave the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Mascaro v. Youth Study CenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Johnson v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Crowell v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  2. Moore v. PA. DEPT. OF JUSTICECommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Chevalier v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. Gallagher v. COM. OF PA., BUR. OF CORR.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  5. Williams v. Philadelphia Housing AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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