Trulli v. City of Philadelphia

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

This case involves the application of the doctrine of sovereign immunity, as raised by defendants’ preliminary objections. The plaintiff, Rocco Trulli, Administrator of the Estate of Lucy Trulli, filed a complaint in trespass in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County against the City of Philadelphia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Commonwealth), the Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (PennDOT) and fourteen individual defendants (Joseph P. Synkonis, Jr., Joseph Broceo, Harold A. Humbert, William Hughes, Richard Broceo, Marvin…