Cunningham v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

OPINION BY

Judge McGINLEY.

James Cunningham (Cunningham) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (common pleas court) which granted the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s (SEPTA) motion for summary judgment and dismissed Cunningham’s complaint with prejudice because Cunningham failed to file a statutory appeal from SEPTA’s final order.

Cunningham had been employed by SEPTA for fifteen years when he retired in March of 2000, following a series of both work-related and non work-related accidents. Cunningham accepted a disability pension from…