Brewington, S. v. Phila. Sch. Dist., Aplt.

The Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act ("Act"), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 8541 et seq ., grants governmental immunity from tort liability to local political subdivisions, including public schools. Specific exceptions exist, however, to this otherwise broad grant of immunity to these entities. In this *350appeal, we consider one of these exceptions - the real property exception to governmental immunity - and, in particular, whether the absence of padding on a gym wall, into which a student ran during gym class, causing injury, falls within the exception. For the reasons set forth below, we find the lack of…