BURNATOSKI v. BUTLER AMBULANCE SERV.


130 Pa.Commw. 264 (1989)

567 A.2d 1121

Tina Marie BURNATOSKI, Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas P. Burnatoski, Jr., Deceased, on behalf of the Estate of Thomas P. Burnatoski, Jr., Deceased and Tina Marie Burnatoski, Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas P. Burnatoski, Jr., Deceased, on behalf of the next of kin of Thomas P. Burnatoski, Jr., Deceased, Appellant, v. BUTLER AMBULANCE SERVICE COMPANY et al., Appellees. Peggy L. FREED, Administratrix of the Estate of Richard Freed, Deceased, on behalf of the Estate and next of kin of Richard Freed, Deceased, and Peggy L. Freed in her own right v. BUTLER AMBULANCE SERVICE COMPANY, City of Butler, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Carlos Seger, Cecil R. Gold, Armco Steel Corporation, Ford Motor Company and American Coaches, Inc. Appeal of FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Peggy L. FREED, Administratrix of the Estate of Richard Freed, Deceased, on behalf of the Estate and next of kin of Richard Freed, Deceased, and Peggy L. Freed in her own right, Appellant, v. BUTLER AMBULANCE SERVICE COMPANY, City of Butler, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Carlos Seger, Cecil R. Gold, Armco Steel Corporation, Ford Motor Company and American Coaches, Inc., Appellees. Tina Marie BURNATOSKI, Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas P. Burnatoski, Jr., Deceased, on behalf of the Estate of Thomas P. Burnatoski, Jr., Deceased and Tina Marie Burnatoski, Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas P. Burnatoski, Jr., Deceased, on behalf of the next of kin of Thomas P. Burnatoski, Jr., Deceased, v. BUTLER AMBULANCE SERVICE COMPANY et al. Appeal of FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a corporation.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving M. Portnoy, with him, Charles E. Evans, Evans, Rosen, Portnoy, Quinn & Donohue, Pittsburgh, for Burnatoski and Freed.

Nancy R. Winschel, with her, John Edward Wall and Alyson J. Kirleis, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh, for appellant/appellee, Ford Motor Co.

Donald D. Graham, with him, Thomas W. King, III, Dillon, McCandless & King, Butler, for appellee, City of Butler.

Before DOYLE, PALLADINO and SMITH, JJ.


SMITH, Judge.

Tina Marie Burnatoski, Peggy L. Freed and Ford Motor Company (Appellants) appeal from orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County sustaining the motions for summary judgment filed by the City of Butler (City).1 The trial court's orders are affirmed.

These cases arise out of an accident which occurred on July 17, 1983 in which an ambulance operated by Cecil R. Gold crossed over into oncoming traffic and collided...

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