Ellis v. City of Pittsburgh

ROSS, J.,

On February 18, 1996, the court after non-jury trial awarded $35,000 to the *171plaintiff, Carl Ellis, who brought suit against the defendant, City of Pittsburgh, to recover for injuries suffered during a fall allegedly caused by the failure of the city to maintain and repair or to post warning signs on a staircase in a dangerous state of repair.

The city now moves for post-trial relief by way of judgment non obstante veredicto or by way of new trial. The city complains that under the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act of October 5, 1980, P.L. 693, no. 142, §221(1), 42 Pa.C.S.…