Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Edison Co. v. City of Reading
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 15, 2015No. 2188 C.D. 2014PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge P. KEVIN BROBSON.
The City of Reading (Reading) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County (trial court), which held that Reading was not immune from liability in a suit initiated by Metropolitan Edison Company (Met-Ed). The trial court further held that Reading was negligent and awarded Met-Ed $53,000 in damages. We now reverse.
On July 7, 2009, Reading began excavating a site located on the 200 block of North 5th Street, Reading, Pennsylvania. (Reproduced Record .(R.R.) at 416a.) The goal of the excavation was to uncover Reading’s sanitary sewer main in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lockwood v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Metropolitan Edison Co. v. Reading Area Water AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- DeTurk v. South Lebanon TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Miller v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Gibellino v. Manchester TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
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- J.F. Geier, of the Estate of M.M. Geier v. Board of Public Education of the SD of Pittsburgh v. American Art Clay Company, Inc., a/k/a Amaco, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- Metropolitan Edison, Aplt. v. City of ReadingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- G. Gold v. Butler Area Sewer AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
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