REID v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILA.

No. 1827 April Term, 1988.

13 Pa. D. & C. 4th 15 (1991)

Reid v. School of District of Philadelphia

Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

July 16, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Gamburg, for plaintiff.

Elena Yandola and Robert T. Lear, for defendant.


KLEIN, J., July 16, 1991.

This case involves the interpretation of the "real property" exception in the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §8542(b)(3). Carl Reid, then 8 years old, fractured and dislocated his little finger when a door at the Samuel B. Huey Elementary School closed on it. The door had been propped open with a wedge to allow easier access to the students and Reid was injured while climbing to retrieve a ball stuck on top...

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