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EVANS v. CITY OF PITTSBURGH ET AL.

No. 70 T.D. 1983.

89 Pa.Commw. 626 (1985)

Adolphus Evans, Appellant v. City of Pittsburgh, and City of Pittsburgh, Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Police, Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

June 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graydon R. Brewer, with him, John W. Murtagh, Jr., Greenfield & Murtagh, for appellant.

Robert B. Smith, Assistant City Solicitor, with him, D. R. Pellegrini, City Solicitor, for appellees.

Argued March 11, 1985, before Judge MacPHAIL and Senior Judges BLATT and BARBIERI, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE BLATT, June 4, 1985:

Adolphus Evans (petitioner) appeals from an en banc order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County dismissing his action against the City of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Police (respondents).

On January 9, 1980, three persons were taken hostage and held in a building owned by the petitioner, and the area was cordoned off by Pittsburgh police who, on January 11, fired tear...

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