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Aiello v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 13, 1996PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLAHERTY, Judge.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) which awarded damages to Louis Aiello (Aiello), after a jury found SEPTA guilty of negligently maintaining a subway stairway, causing Aiello to fall and injure himself.

Aiello alleged that, on April 18, 1991, a defective steel plate connected to a damaged concrete step caused him to slip and fall on a stairway located at the Walnui/Locust Street subway stop in Philadelphia. Notwithstanding the fall, Aiello boarded the subway train…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Feingold v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. Forster v. ManchesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  3. Moses v. McWilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Leibowitz v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  5. Gill v. McGraw Electric Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. Gravely International, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  2. Cheng v. Septa & MV Transportation, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  3. Commonwealth v. McKellickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  4. Dembinski v. Thomas, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County2000
  5. Dragani v. Dragani, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County1999

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