Jones v. Chieffo

SMITH, Judge.

Kent Jones, Sr., individually, and as Administrator of the Estate of Bridgett C. Jones, his wife, appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) that granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of City of Philadelphia (City) Police Officer Charles Chieffo, City Police Commissioner Willie Williams, Mayor W. Wilson Goode, the City and City Police Department (collectively, Appellees), and dismissed Jones’ negligence action based upon the Supreme Court’s decision in Dickens v. Horner, 531 Pa. 127, 611 A.2d 693 (1992).

The issue as presented…