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BASS v. COM.

485 Pa. 256 (1979)

401 A.2d 1133

Shirley Lillian BASS, Administratrix of the Estate of Stanley Bass, Deceased, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, et al., William Robinson, Commissioner of Bureau of Corrections, Larry Reid, Director of Treatment of Graterford Prison, Police Department, City of Philadelphia, Julius T. Cuyler, Superintendent of Graterford Prison, John Doe, Charles Jackson, and the Estate of Charles Jackson.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 3, 1979.

Reargument Denied June 8, 1979.

Dissenting Opinion June 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Rovner, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Stanley I. Slipakoff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, for appellees.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

OPINION

MANDERINO, Justice.

Appellant, Shirley Lillian Bass, seeks leave to file an appeal nunc pro tunc from the order of the Commonwealth Court. The facts which gave rise to appellant's original suit are as follows. On July 11, 1975, Stanley Bass was killed by one Charles Jackson who was then AWOL from a weekend furlough from Graterford Prison. Appellant, the victim's wife and executrix of his estate, filed a complaint...

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