Legal Opinion
Harris v. RUNDLE
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 9, 1976No. Appeal, 1055 C.D. 1975PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Kramer,
This is an appeal by Willie Harris from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, dated July 2, 1975, which sustained the preliminary objections of the defendants-appellees and dismissed Harris’ trespass complaint. The preliminary objections were in the nature of a demurrer and may be generally characterized as raising the defense of immunity as to all defendants.
The tragic facts which underlie this suit may be briefly summarized. On March 10,1967, Harris was an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford. On that date, Harris, along…
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- DuBree v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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