Legal Opinion

Sellers, C, Aplts v. Twp. of Abington,et al

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 29, 2014No. 97 MAP 2013PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*333 OPINION

Justice STEVENS.

This is an appeal from a Commonwealth Court Opinion which affirmed the trial court’s entry of summary judgment and dismissal of Appellants’ wrongful death and survival action. The central issue presented is whether a local agency owes a common law or statutory duty of care to a passenger of a fleeing vehicle, whose existence or relationship to the fleeing driver is unknown to the pursuing police officer. We affirm.

I. Background

On the evening of December 23, 2006, Scott Simons (Simons), Matthew Senger (Senger) and Joshua Sellers (decedent) met at the home of a mutual…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Scott v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Robinson v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Summers v. CERTAINTEED CORP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  4. Althaus Ex Rel. Althaus v. CohenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  5. Concord Township AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970

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