Balentine v. Aplt. v. Chester Water Auth

CHIEF JUSTICE SAYLOR, Dissenting

The majority opinion appears to accept that the uncontrolled movement of a driverless vehicle stricken from behind is not "operation of a motor vehicle" under the governing precedent in Love v. City of Philadelphia , 518 Pa. 370, 543 A.2d 531 (1988). Nevertheless, favoring the rationale of the Love dissent and its close cousin in Warrick v. Pro Cor Ambulance, Inc. , 559 Pa. 44, 45-49, 739 A.2d 127, 127-29 (1999) (Newman, J., dissenting), the majority proceeds to overrule Love on the basis that "for the General Assembly to have intended the abrogation of…