Legal Opinion
Demetriou v. Carlin
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 29, 1979No. 1754 C.D. 1978PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
President Judge Bowman,
Mary Demetriou was injured July 29, 1976 when an automobile in which she was a passenger allegedly struck a barricade on Interstate 1-95 within the City of Philadelphia. On May 23, 1977 she filed a complaint in trespass in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County against the Commonwealth and other named defendants.
The Commonwealth filed preliminary objections asserting sovereign immunity and the action was dismissed as to the Commonwealth for this reason.
On July 24, 1978 she brought a second action in trespass in this Court asserting the same cause of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mayle v. Pennsylvania Department of HighwaysSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Bell v. Beneficial Consumer Discount Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Bearoff v. Bearoff Bros., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Patterson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
3Cited by8 opinions
- Carroll Township Authority v. Municipal AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- In Re: Sauers.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Harkovich v. PfirrmannSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- In re Determination of Whether a De FactoCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Watterson v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1980
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