Legal Opinion
Specter v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 7, 1975No. 559PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POMEROY, Justice.
Appellants, Irving Specter and Marie, his wife, have sued the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission [hereinafter “Commission”] alleging that they were injured in a collision on the Turnpike caused solely by the neglience of a Commission employee, driving a Commission-owned vehicle, in making an illegal U-turn without warning while traveling at a high rate of speed.
Preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer were sustained because of the bar of sovereign immunity, and the complaint was dismissed. This appeal followed.1 *477We are thus…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Flagiello v. Pennsylvania HospitalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Falco v. PADOSSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- BROWN v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Biello v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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3Cited by76 opinions
- Blake v. KlineCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Weaver v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Rivera v. Philadelphia Theological Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Freach v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission v. Atlantic Richfield Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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