Laform v. Bethlehem Township

CIRILLO, Judge:

The City of Bethlehem appeals from a judgment entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County after a jury awarded wrongful death and survival damages to the plaintiffs. The appeal was certified to the Court en banc to decide an important issue concerning the liability of a municipality for storm water runoff that flows out of the municipality into a lower-lying municipality and there contributes to a dangerous condition which injures a third person.

I. Procedural Posture

This case began at the flooded intersection of William Penn Highway and Santee Road in Bethlehem…