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Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority v. Simpkins

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 16, 1994No. 2694 C.D. 1993PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DELLA PORTA, Senior Judge.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County which denied SEPTA’s motion for summary judgment.

Carolyn Simpkins was injured on August 16,1991, when she slipped and fell while alighting from a SEPTA bus. Simpkins filed a complaint against SEPTA alleging that her injuries were the result of SEPTA’s negligence in failing to maintain, repair, clean and inspect the steps of the bus; in allowing the steps to exist in a defective condition; in allowing substances to accumulate on the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Mascaro v. Youth Study CenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Snyder v. HarmonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  3. Love v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Masland v. BachmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Altoona Area School District v. CampbellCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Warnecki v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  2. Bazemore v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. Ross v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Muldrow v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  5. Krukovitz v. Cole, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County1996

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