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GOLDMAN v. SOUTHEASTERN PENN. TRANSP. AUTH.

Nos. 65 EAP 2010, 66 EAP 2010

57 A.3d 1154 (2012)

Marjorie GOLDMAN, Appellant, v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, Appellee. Edmund Wiza, Appellant, v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Appellee. Michael J. Maguire, Appellant, v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Appellee. Errol Davis, Appellant, v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 19, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert St. Leger Goggin III , Forceno, Goggin & Keller, P.C., King of Prussia, for Edmund Wiza.

Lawrence Alan Katz , Coffey Kaye Myers & Olley, Bala Cynwyd , John B. McDermott , Feldman & Pinto, P.C., James J. McEldrew III , Philadelphia, for Marjorie Goldman.

Lawrence Alan Katz , Coffey Kaye Myers & Olley, Bala Cynwyd , Samuel Jay Rosenthal , Philadelphia, for Errol Davis.

William Louis Myers Jr. , Myers Lafferty Law Offices, P.C., Philadelphia, for Michael J. Maguire.

Jeffrey A. Bartos , Paul E. Knupp III , Guerrieri Clayman Bartos & Parcelli, PC, Margo Pave , Michael S. Wolly , Zwerdling Paul Kahn & Wolly, PC, for Appellants Amicus Curiae, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the Sheet Metal Workers International Association, the Transportation-Communications International Union, and the United Transportation Union.

Carl D. Buchholz III , Rawle & Henderson, LLP, Philadelphia, for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.

Dolores Rocco , Law Office of Dolores Rocco Kulp, Nicholas J. Staffieri , SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority), Philadelphia, for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.

Joseph R. Biden, III , Marc P. Niedzielski , for Appellee Amicus Curiae, State of Delaware.

John G. Knorr III , Harrisburg, for Appellee Amicus Curiae, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice TODD.

In this appeal, our Court granted review to determine whether Appellee, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ("SEPTA"), may be considered an "arm" of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which, under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, would confer upon SEPTA sovereign immunity from lawsuits brought by injured employees of its Regional Rail Division...

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