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Hanna v. West Shore Sch. Dist

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Sep 3, 1997
698 A.2d 61 (Pa. 1997)

Summary

In Hanna [v. West Shore School District, 548 Pa. 478, 698 A.2d 61 (1997), the plaintiff sued a school district for injuries caused by an accumulation of water on its real property. This Court initially rejected the plaintiff's claim on the ground that the school district was immune from suit as the injury was not caused by the property itself, but by water on the property.

Summary of this case from Cureton v. Philadelphia School Dist

Opinion

September 3, 1997.

Petition No. 507 Middle District Allocatur Docket 1996, for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court dated July 11, 1996 at 2844 C.D. 95, affirming the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of York County dated October 25, 1995 at 93-SU-04785-01, 93-SU-01000-01.


ORDER


AND NOW, this 3rd day of September, 1997, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The order of the Commonwealth Court is hereby REVERSED. The case is remanded to the Commonwealth Court for further consideration in light of Grieff v. Reisinger, 548 Pa. 13, 693 A.2d 195 (1997).

Jurisdiction is relinquished.


Summaries of

Hanna v. West Shore Sch. Dist

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Sep 3, 1997
698 A.2d 61 (Pa. 1997)

In Hanna [v. West Shore School District, 548 Pa. 478, 698 A.2d 61 (1997), the plaintiff sued a school district for injuries caused by an accumulation of water on its real property. This Court initially rejected the plaintiff's claim on the ground that the school district was immune from suit as the injury was not caused by the property itself, but by water on the property.

Summary of this case from Cureton v. Philadelphia School Dist
Case details for

Hanna v. West Shore Sch. Dist

Case Details

Full title:Sheila HANNA and Steven Hanna, Petitioners v. WEST SHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT…

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Sep 3, 1997

Citations

698 A.2d 61 (Pa. 1997)
698 A.2d 61

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