Clark v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) denying SEPTA’s post-trial motions and entering judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Maurice Clark, for $131,-204.17.

On October 31, 1988, while riding on a SEPTA trolley, Clark was arrested by two SEPTA police officers. As the police officers attempted to move him from the trolley to the platform and to subdue him, a struggle ensued and Clark was hit and kicked by the officers. Clark suffered a “fractured testicle” which required…