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GIBSON v. COM.

490 Pa. 156 (1980)

415 A.2d 80

Donald E. GIBSON, Administrator, etc., et al., Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania et al. Florence E. HELSEL, Administratrix, etc., et al., Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania et al. Richard F. McCLEMENT, Administrator, etc., Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania et al. Gladys J. RUSSELL, Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania et al. David SELDERS et al., Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania et al.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 2, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Evans, Jr., Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Herbert L. Olivieri, Chief, Torts Litigation Unit, John L. Sweezy, Harrisburg, for Com. and Dept. of Environmental Resources.

W. Arch Irvin, Jr., Wayman, Irvin & McAuley, Pittsburgh, for Gannett, Fleming, Corddry & Carpenter, Inc. amicus curiae in support of appellants.

Robert G. Rose, Spence, Custer, Saylor, Wolfe & Rose, Johnstown, for Laurel Management Co. amicus curiae.

Frederick N. Egler, Egler & Reinstadtler, Pittsburgh, Samuel R. DiFrancesco, Jr., William G. Barbin, Gleason, DiFrancesco, Shahade & Markovitz, Johnstown, for Greater Johnstown Water Authority, amicus curiae.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This court abrogated sovereign immunity on July 14, 1978, in Mayle v. Pennsylvania Department of Highways, 479 Pa. 384, 388 A.2d 709 (1978), application for reargument denied, 479 Pa. 411, 390 A.2d 181 (1978). Thereafter the Legislature promulgated Act 152 creating, for the first...

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