Legal Opinion
Evans v. City of Pittsburgh
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 4, 1985No. Appeal, No. 70 T.D. 1983PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Blatt,
Adolphus Evans (petitioner) appeals from an en banc order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County dismissing his action against the City of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Police (respondents).
On January 9, 1980, three persons were taken hostage and held in a building owned by the petitioner, and the area was cordoned off by Pittsburgh police who, on January 11, fired tear gas cannisters into the building and stormed it in an effort to free the hostages, resulting in a fire which damaged the premises. The petitioner…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Com. Ex Rel. Scolio v. Hess, WardenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Commonwealth v. ThurmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Commonwealth v. PinckneySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
3Cited by4 opinions
- Casey v. GeigerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Casey v. GeigerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Payne v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1985
- Sichetti v. Paris Business Forms, Inc., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County1986