RONEY v. GENERAL STATE AUTHORITY


413 Pa. 218 (1964)

Roney, Appellant, v. General State Authority.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 7, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert I. Yaros, with him Norman Shigon, for appellant.

Edward W. Madeira, Jr., with him John B.H. Carter, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.


OPINION PER CURIAM, January 7, 1964:

The issue presented on this appeal is whether the doctrine of governmental immunity applies to appellee, The General State Authority. In Rader v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, 407 Pa. 609, 182 A.2d 199 (1962), we held that the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission was an instrumentality of the Commonwealth engaged in a governmental function and hence immune from liability for the negligence...

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