BLISS v. ALLENTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY

Civ. A. No. 80-2523.

534 F.Supp. 356 (1982)

Richard D. BLISS and Karyn M. Bliss, individually and as next friends and parents of Whitney Bliss, a minor v. The ALLENTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY; the School District of the City of Allentown, individually and as Trustee for the Allentown Public Library; and Kathryn Stephanoff and Breslin, Ridyard and Fadero and Robert J. Breslin, individually.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

February 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. McNamara, Philadelphia, Pa., Mark H. Scoblionko, Allentown, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Thomas A. Wallitsch, Richard F. Stevens, Allentown, Pa., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

Passage by the Pennsylvania legislature of the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 8541 et seq. (Act), reinstated the immunity of political subdivisions and governmental agencies which had been judicially abrogated in Ayala v. Philadelphia Board of Education, 453 Pa. 584, 305 A.2d 877 (1973). The case at bar requires consideration of the scope...

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