McKeesport Municipal Water Authority v. McCloskey

OPINION

KELLEY, Judge.

The McKeesport Water Authority (authority) appeals by permission from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) denying the authority’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm the trial court’s order denying the authority’s motion for summary judgment.

The facts of this case may be summarized as follows. On March 5, 1984, Harry J. MeCloskey (plaintiff) filed a class action complaint in assumpsit against the authority alleging a cause of action which arose out of a giardia infestation of the McKeesport area water supply in 1984. Subsequently,…