Legal Opinion
Yancoskie v. Delaware River Port Authority
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 28, 1978No. 74PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POMEROY, Justice.
The central question for decision in this case is whether the Delaware River Port Authority is immune from suit in trespass in the courts of this State. We hold that it is not.
Appellant’s husband died as a result of injuries sustained on August 16, 1972, while employed in the construction of the Admiral Barry Bridge from Chester, Pennsylvania, to Bridgeport, New Jersey. A wrongful death and survival action against the appellee Authority and other defendants was brought by the administratrix of Yancoskie’s estate and oy his widow and child. Under the heading of new…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Ayala v. Philadelphia Board of Public EducationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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- Rader v. Pennsylvania Turnpike CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Walter T. Peters, Jr. v. Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Ballinger v. Delaware River Port AuthoritySupreme Court of New Jersey · 2002
- Yancoskie v. Delaware River Port AuthoritySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1978
- Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Ass'n v. City of CamdenSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- Nardi v. Delaware River Port AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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