Legal Opinion
Slough v. City of Philadelphia
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 9, 1996PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELTON, Senior Judge.
The City of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (DOT) have appealed from a February 21, 1996 order of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas finding both parties equally liable for personal injuries sustained by Appellee Connie Sough in a fall on a median on Bustleton Avenue, a state-owned highway .within the City. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
Slough fell getting off a bus on October 11, 1991, on a defective concrete median.1 She fractured her right shoulder and lost approximately eleven months of work. Her claim for damages against…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- KILEY BY KILEY v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Lory v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Miseo v. Ross Township Police DepartmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- GARRETT BY GARRETT v. MoystonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Aberant v. Wilkes-Barre Area School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Gramlich v. Lower Southampton TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Glenn v. HoranCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Slough v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Quinones v. Commonwealth, Department of TransportationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
- Pettineo v. City of Philadelphia Law Department-Claims DivisionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
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