Legal Opinion

Fidanza v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 7, 1995PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Louis Fidanza, Sr. and Patricia A. Fidanza (the Fidanzas), individually and as parents and natural guardians of Louis Fidanza, Jr. and Andrea Fidanza, appeal an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (trial court) granting the motion for summary judgment filed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation (PennDot).

The facts of this case are not in dispute. On December 24, 1986, Patricia Fidanza, accompanied by her minor children, Louis and Andrea, was driving her car in a southerly direction on Pennsylvania Route 841 when she was forced off…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Snyder v. HarmonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  2. Powell v. DrumhellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. Bendas v. Township of White DeerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  4. Cameron v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
  5. Salerno v. LaBarrCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority v. HolmesCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  2. Rothermel v. Commonwealth, Department of TransportationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  3. Warnecki v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  4. Felli v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  5. White v. City of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998

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