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COM. v. McILWAIN SCH. BUS LINES

283 Pa.Super. 1 (1980)

423 A.2d 413

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. McILWAIN SCHOOL BUS LINES, INC.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Gerard Long, District Attorney, Ebensburg, for Commonwealth, appellant.

William P. Kelly, Johnstown, for appellee.

Before SPAETH, HOFFMAN and VAN der VOORT, JJ.

SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order quashing an information. The principal issue is whether a private corporation may be held criminally liable for homicide by vehicle.1 On April 3, 1978, a school bus owned by the McIlwain School Bus Lines, Inc. [hereinafter, the corporation] and operated by one of its employes, ran over and killed 6-year-old Lori Sharp; she had just gotten off the bus and was walking in...

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