ZAUFLIK v. PENNSBURY SCHOOL DIST.

No. 1 MAP 2014

104 A.3d 1096 (2014)

Ashley ZAUFLIK, Appellant, v. PENNSBURY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elise Michelle Bruhl, Esq. , George M. Janocsko, Esq. , Lourdes M. Ridge, Esq. , John Fitzgerald Doherty, Esq. , City of Pittsburgh Law Department, Shelley Roxanne Smith, Esq. , City of Philadelphia Law Department, Andrew Francis Szefi, Esq. , Allegheny County Law Department, for City of Philadelphia, City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, amicus curiae.

Kathleen Granahan Kane, Esq. , John G. Knorr III, Esq. , PA Office of Attorney General, James David Schultz, Esq. , PA Governor's Office of General Counsel, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amicus curiae.

Louis C. Long, Esq. , for American Inc. Assoc., Property Casualty Ins. Assoc. America, Ins. Federation of PA, et al., amicus curiae.

Charles Lyman Becker, Esq. , David John Caputo, Esq. , Kline & Specter, P.C., Philadelphia, William L. Goldman, Esq. , Law Offices of William L. Goldman, P.C., Doylestown, Thomas R. Kline, Esq. , for Ashley Zauflik.

Frank P. Murphy, Esq. , Norristown, for Pennsylvania Association for Justice, amicus curiae.

Sol H. Weiss, Esq. , Anapol Schwartz , Philadelphia, for American Association for Justice, amicus curiae.

Jared Dimock Bayer, Esq. , Stephen A. Cozen, Esq. , Thomas G. Wilkinson Jr., Esq. , Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia, for Pennsbury School District.

Geoffrey L. Beauchamp, Esq. , for Delaware Valley Insurance Trust, amicus curiae.

Casey Alan Coyle, Esq. , Timothy James Nieman, Esq. , Robert J. Tribeck, Esq. , Rhoads & Sinon LLP, Harrisburg, for County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, et al.,amieus curiae.

Michael George Crotty, Esq. , Stephen V. Siana, Esq. , Siana, Bellwoar & McAndrew, L.L.P., Chester Springs, for Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Risk Management Association, amicus curiae.

Robert J. Fitzgerald, Esq. , Robert Samuel Hawkins , Paul C. Madden, Esq. , Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C., Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania Public Transportation Association, et al, amicus curiae.

T. James Massey, Esq. , P. Lee Reno, Esq. , for Housing Authority Risk Retention Group, amicus curiae.

Jill Elaine Nagy, Esq. , Reading, Sean Eric Summers, Esq. , Summers Nagy Law Offices, for Indiana County Transit Authority, Crawford Area Transportation Authority ("CATA") and Indiana County Transit Authority ("IndiGO"), amicus curiae.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, STEVENS, JJ.


OPINION

Appellant Ashley Zauflik sustained severe and permanent injuries, including a crushed pelvis and the amputation of her left leg above the knee, when a school bus owned by, and operated by an employee of, appellee Pennsbury School District ("Pennsbury") accelerated out of control onto a sidewalk and...

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