THOMAS v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA


133 Pa.Commw. 121 (1990)

574 A.2d 1205

Lisa A. THOMAS, Appellant, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellee.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Enright, Frank D. Branella, P.C., Philadelphia, for appellant.

Alan C. Ostrow, Asst. City Sol., with him, Seymour Kurland, City Sol., Norma S. Weaver, Chief Deputy in Charge of Claims, and Miriam B. Brenaman, Divisional Deputy in Charge of Appeals, for appellee.

Before COLINS and SMITH, JJ., and BARBIERI, Senior Judge.


COLINS, Judge.

Lisa A. Thomas (Thomas) appeals from a July 7, 1989 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, which sustained the City of Philadelphia's (City) preliminary objections in the form of a demurrer and dismissed Thomas' complaint. We affirm.

Thomas filed her complaint to recover damages from the City, claiming it negligently failed through its City police officers to intervene in her imprisonment by Gary Heidnik (Heidnik). Thomas...

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