Mannella ex rel. Mannella v. Port Authority of Allegheny County

OPINION BY

Judge PELLEGRINI.*

Before this Court is an interlocutory appeal involving the issue of whether a bus driver’s negligent placement of a bus wheelchair ramp falls within the vehicle exception to sovereign immunity under Section 8522(b)(1) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8522(b)(1).

Anthony Mannella, by Mary Mannella, his attorney-in-fact (collectively, “Mannel-la”) filed an action against the Port Authority of Allegheny County (Port Authority) in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) alleging that a Port Authority bus driver negligently deployed the bus…