Commonwealth v. Robinson

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

The Pennsylvania State Police and State Trooper Thomas Bohenek (petitioners) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County that denied petitioners’ motion for summary judgment. We must determine whether the respondents’ cause of action falls within one of the statutory exceptions to the rule of sovereign immunity.1

In the éarly morning hours on a rainy day Trooper Bohenek allegedly stopped his state police car in the left passing lane of Interstate 83 in Dauphin County to investigate an accident. Bohenek was questioning people involved in that…