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JOHNSON v. S.E. PA. TRANSP. AUTHORITY

516 Pa. 312 (1987)

532 A.2d 409

Esther Powell JOHNSON and William Douglas Johnson, Appellees, v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY and City of Philadelphia, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 15, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hansel B. Minyard, City Sol., Barbara R. Axelrod, Deputy City Sol., for City of Philadelphia.

Joan L. Greson, for S.E.P.T.A.

Thomas A. Winkelspecht, Elliott M. Winer, Philadelphia, for Johnsons.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

This is the appeal of the City of Philadelphia, Appellant, from the opinion and order of the Commonwealth Court reversing the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County granting Appellant's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings.1

On December 9, 1980, Esther Powell Johnson and William Douglas Johnson (Appellees) filed a complaint in trespass against the City and Southeastern...

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