STEINBERG v. PA. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WEL. ET AL.

No. 1847 C.D. 1976.

33 Pa.Commw. 140 (1977)

Irene Steinberg, Plaintiff v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare, Youth Development Center, Jan Koht and Clifford Rogers, Defendants.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

December 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal S. Axe, with him Kanter, Bernstein and Miller, for plaintiff.

Jered L. Hock and David Max Baer, Deputy Attorney General, with them J. Justin Blewitt, Jr., Deputy Attorney General; Robert P. Kane, Attorney General; and Metzger, Wickersham, Knauss & Erb, for defendants.

Argued December 5, 1977, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., ROGERS and DISALLE, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, JR., December 21, 1977:

Plaintiff, invoking our original jurisdiction, has brought this suit in trespass against the Commonwealth, the Department of Public Welfare (Department), the Youth Development Center (Center), and two employees of that Center, Koht and Rogers. The defendants have raised a number of defenses, including sovereign immunity as to the Commonwealth, the Department...

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