Legal Opinion
Kastner v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 19, 1979No. 1708 C.D. 1976PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge MacPhail,
On October 5, 1976, Richard Kastner (Plaintiff) filed a complaint in trespass within our original jurisdiction against the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (Department). The Department filed preliminary objections to Plaintiff’s complaint on the basis of sovereign immunity. On October 26, 1977, this Court, per President Judge Bowman, sustained the Department’s preliminary objections and dismissed the complaint. Kastner v. Department of Transportation, 32 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 267, 378 A.2d 1050 (1977). Plaintiff then filed an appeal with our Supreme Court.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mayle v. Pennsylvania Department of HighwaysSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Smith v. FennerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Brungard v. HARTMANCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Samuel T. Roy, Justice of the Peace v. Benjamin R. Jones, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Padgett v. SteinDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Wood v. City of PittsburghCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Bissett v. Pa. Game Commission, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1983
- Kastner v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979