Legal Opinion
Burkey v. Borough of Auburn
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 25, 1986No. Appeal, 1802 C.D. 1985PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Doyle,
Bobbie Sue Burkey and her parents, Katherine and Raymond Burkey (Appellants), appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County which sustained the preliminary objections of the Borough of Auburn (Borough) and dismissed Appellants’ action against the Borough on the basis of the governmental tort immunity provided under Section 8542 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa. C. S. §8542.
On September 4, 1984, Appellants filed a complaint against the Borough which alleged the following facts. On September 7, 1982, Katherine Burkey was operating her motor vehicle on a…
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