Mancini v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

JUILIANTE, Senior Judge.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) appeals from two orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), dated September 23, 1999, that transferred the underlying civil actions to compulsory arbitration and ordered SEPTA to bear the costs of said arbitration. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

On April 20, 1998, Annie Williams commenced a civil action against SEPTA and Leonard Mancini, alleging that, while a passenger on a SEPTA bus on December 21, 1996, she sustained injuries as a result…