Opinion
Submitted April 23, 1973
Decided November 26, 1973
Before JONES, C. J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.
Appeal, No. 155, Jan. T., 1973, from order of Commonwealth Court, No. 495 C.D. 1972, in case of Edna V. Hall v. Thomas Joseph Power and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Order of Commonwealth Court affirmed.
Same case in Commonwealth Court: 6 Pa. Commw. 544.
Trespass actions for personal injuries in Commonwealth Court.
Order entered sustaining Commonwealth's preliminary objections and dismissing complaint, opinion by BLATT, J. Appeal to Supreme Court allowed.
Abram P. Piwosky, Abraham J. Gafni, and Piwosky and Gafni, for appellant.
Edward V. A. Kussy and Edward A. Hosey, Assistant Attorneys General, Robert W. Cunliffe, Deputy Attorney General, and Israel Packel, Attorney General, for Commonwealth, appellee.
The order of the Commonwealth Court is affirmed.
Mr. Justice ROBERTS, Mr. Justice NIX, and Mr. Justice MANDERINO dissent for the reasons set forth in the dissenting opinions in Sweigard v. Department of Transportation, 454 Pa. 32, 35, 38, 309 A.2d 374, 376, 377 (1973); Brown v. Commonwealth, 453 Pa. 566, 577, 579, 580, 305 A.2d 868, 871, 874, 875 (1973); Biello v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, 454 Pa. 179, 187, 301 A.2d 849, 853 (1973); and Thomas v. Baird, 433 Pa. 482, 485, 252 A.2d 653, 655 (1969).