Snyder v. Shamokin Area School District

Opinion bt

Hoffman, J.,

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the appellee school district on the basis of governmental immunity.

*371The instant action arose as a result of injuries sustained by the appellant’s 12-year old son when an iron fence in the school yard fell upon him. The school district filed preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer to the complaint, and a motion for summary judgment, both based upon the doctrine of governmental immunity. On May 7, 1973, the lower court dismissed appellant’s complaint. On May 23, 1973, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania…