Metropolitan Edison Co. v. Reading Area Water Authority

OPINION BY

Judge COLINS.

Metropolitan Edison Company (MetEd) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County (trial court) that granted a summary judgment motion filed by the Reading Area Water Authority and City of Reading Water Authority, a/k/a City of Reading Water Bureau, (collectively, Reading) on the basis of governmental immunity. We affirm.

On July 3, 2003, Reading was performing excavation work with a boring machine in the vicinity of 111 North Ninth Street, Reading, Pennsylvania. During the course of the excavation, Reading struck and damaged a utility line owned by…