Legal Opinion

Sellers v. Township of Abington

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 20, 2013PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

2Per curiam

AND NOW, this 20th day of December, 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issues set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to the remaining issue. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are:

a. Whether the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court should have properly reversed the trial court’s erroneous granting of summary judgment on the basis that police officers do not owe a duty of care to innocent bystanders in a fleeing vehicle which is in direct conflict with this Court’s decision in Jones v. Chieffo, 549 Pa. 46, 700 A.2d 417 (1997) and the Commonwealth Court’s…

3Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jones v. ChieffoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  2. Aiken v. Borough of BlawnoxCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  3. Black v. Shrewsbury BoroughCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996

4Cited by2 opinions

  1. Sellers, C, Aplts v. Twp. of Abington,et alSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Sellers, C, Aplts v. Twp. of Abington,et alSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014

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