BRUCE v. GADSON


127 Pa.Commw. 159 (1989)

561 A.2d 74

Mable Lee BRUCE, Appellant, v. Norman GADSON a/k/a Raachman Ali and City of Philadelphia and George A. Scott Realty, Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Devirgilis, Silver, Miller & Devirgilis, P.C., Philadelphia, for appellant.

Alan C. Ostrow, Asst. City Sol., Law Dept., City of Philadelphia, Barbara R. Axelrod, Divisional Deputy in Charge of Appeals, Norma S. Weaver, Chief Deputy in Charge of Claims and Seymour Kurland, City Sol., Philadelphia, for City of Philadelphia.

Eugene F. Brazil, Fort Washington, for Norman Gadson a/k/a Rachman Ali.

Before CRAIG and COLINS, JJ., and KALISH, Senior Judge.


CRAIG, Judge.

Mable Lee Bruce appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County granting a motion for summary judgment in favor of the City of Philadelphia. Bruce challenges the order, contending that the city is liable for her injuries resulting from a fall on a city sidewalk. Because the sidewalk exception in the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8542(b)(7), does not apply, we affirm the trial court's order.

On April 2, 1983, while walking...

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