Vaughn v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Bdatt,

This action in trespass arose out of an accident which the complaint indicates occurred on July 19, 1976, when the plaintiff was struck in the face by a portion of an allegedly defective baseball bat while he was participating in a baseball game at the Youth Forestry Camp No. 3. This camp was. at that time operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) under the supervision of an employee of the DPW named Ronald Kissinger. The complaint alleges, inter alia, that the accident was proximately caused by the negligence of all named defendants and preliminary…