Johnson v. City of Philadelphia

KELTON, Senior Judge.

Orysia Johnson, as legal representative of the estate of James Johnson and in her own right (Johnson), appeals from the December 20, 1993 order of the Honorable Victor J. DiNubile, Jr. of Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), granting the City of Philadelphia’s (the City’s) motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

The issue before us is whether the trial court erred in determining that Sections 8541 and 8542 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 8541-8542, bar a claim involving a City police officer’s alleged negligent failure to protect a passenger on a…