SPENCER v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY


525 Pa. 466 (1990)

581 A.2d 565

Elma SPENCER, as Administratrix and Personal Representative of the Estate of Nicole Spencer, Deceased, and in her own right as said decedent's natural mother and sole heir-at-law and next-of-kin, Appellant, v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY and Robert Maher and Edward Charlton, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 31, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Daniels, Philadelphia, for appellant.

John M. Phelan, David P. Bruton, Alfred W. Putnam, Jr., Cheryl H. Picker, James F. Kilcur, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Septa, Philadelphia, for Septa, Maher & Charlton.

Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Atty. Gen., Thomas B. York, Deputy Atty. Gen., John G. Knorr, III, Chief, Deputy Atty. Gen., Robert M. Brown, Scott D. Cessar, Louis C. Long, Pittsburgh, Charisse R. Lillie, Gen. Counsel, Philadelphia, Ann Lavelle Powell, Scranton, Seymour Kurland, City Sol., Norma S. Weaver, Deputy In Charge of Claims, Barbara R. Axelrod, Divisional Deputy, Philadelphia, Louis R. Martin, Jacqueline M. Verney, Harrisburg, Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua, Leslie P. Hitchings, Philadelphia, Francis P. Connors, Delaware Co. Solicitor, John S. Halsted, Chester Co. Solicitor, Frederic M. Wentz, Montgomery Co. Solicitor, Peter Glascott, Bucks Co. Solicitor, for amicus curiae in support of respondents.


ORDER

PER CURIAM.

The order of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas is affirmed. See, Marshall v. Port Authority of Allegheny County, 524 Pa. 1, 568 A.2d 931 (1990); Feingold v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, 512 Pa. 567, 517 A.2d 1270 (1968).

NIX, C.J., did not participate...

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