Finkelstein v. Shippensburg State College

Opinion and Order,

Tbis action in trespass was filed within tbe original jurisdiction of tbis Court. It was brought by Leonard and Leila Finkelstein (plaintiffs) against Sbippensburg State College (Sbippensburg). Tbe complaint alleges that plaintiff, Leonard Finkelstein, a business invitee of Sbippensburg, sustained various injuries in a fall into an unligbted, unmarked culvert located on Sbippensburg’s grounds. In addition to its other preliminary objections, Sbippensburg raises tbe bar of sovereign.immunity to plaintiffs’ causes of action. We sustain tbis objection.

Tbe doctrine of sovereign…