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BRUNGARD v. MANSFIELD STATE COLLEGE

491 Pa. 114 (1980)

419 A.2d 1171

Karen R. BRUNGARD, Appellant, v. MANSFIELD STATE COLLEGE.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Z. Freemann, Jr., Bonnie S. Brier, George E. Moore, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Jered L. Hock, Harrisburg, for appellee John A. Hartman.

John G. Eidmueller, Jr., Dep. Atty. Gen., Herbert L. Olivieri, Atty. Gen., Dauphin, for appellee Mansfield State College.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

In 1972 appellant Karen Brungard commenced this action in trespass against Mansfield State College and Professor John A. Hartman, a chemistry professor at the College. The complaint alleged that appellant was injured in a chemistry lab explosion as a result of defendants' negligence. The Commonwealth Court dismissed the complaint against the College on the basis of sovereign immunity, and dismissed the complaint against...

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