Vanden-Brand v. Port Authority of Allegheny County

OPINION BY

Judge PELLEGRINI.*

The Port Authority of Allegheny County (Port Authority) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) denying its post-trial motion seeking a new trial or, alternatively, a molded verdict within the jurisdictional limits of compulsory arbitration.

The facts that underlie this appeal are as follows. On October 8, 2002, Gwen Vanden-Brand (Vanden-Brand) sustained an injury when she fell from a bus owned and operated by the Port Authority. She filed a complaint in the arbitration division of the trial court alleging that her claims…