McKinney v. City of Philadelphia

Opinion by

Judge Smith,

Appellant, City of Philadelphia (City), appeals from the February 3, 1988 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County which denied Appellant’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings in a negligence action filed by Appellee seeking damages arising out of the death of her daughter on May 22, 1985.

Questions presented are essentially whether governmental immunity under the Judicial Code, 42 Pa. C. S. §§8541-8564, bars recovery against the City for its failure to install traffic control devices or to design or maintain a traffic control signal to permit a…