Ottaviano v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

We are here concerned with an award of arbitration in favor of Joseph Zangari, one of two joint plaintiffs, and against Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and appellant, both as joint plaintiff and additional defendant. On appellant’s appeal from arbitration, the court below granted summary judgment in favor of SEPTA. We find this ruling proper and affirm.

On December 23, 1968, an accident occurred in the City of Philadelphia involving a car driven by appellant, Joseph Ottaviano, in which Joseph Zangari was a passenger, and a SEPTA bus. Both…