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BRUNGARD v. HARTMAN

483 Pa. 200 (1978)

394 A.2d 1265

Karen R. BRUNGARD, Appellant, v. John A. HARTMAN and Mansfield State College.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Z. Freemann, Jr., Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, Roger V. Wiest, Wiest & Younkin, Sundburg, for appellant.

Howard M. Levinson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Gerald Gornish, Harrisburg, for appellee, Mansfield State College.

John D. Lewis, Wellsboro, Mark M. Wilcox, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, for appellee, John A. Hartman.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant Karen Brungard filed a complaint in trespass against appellees, Mansfield State College and John A. Hartman, a chemistry professor at the College. The complaint alleged that Brungard was injured in an explosion in a chemistry laboratory which occurred because of the negligence of appellees.*

The Commonwealth Court dismissed the complaint against Mansfield State on the basis of sovereign...

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