CITY OF PHILADELPHIA v. PATTON


148 Pa.Commw. 141 (1992)

609 A.2d 903

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellant, v. Louis PATTON, Administrator of the Estate of Debra Renee Patton, Deceased, Appellee.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan C. Ostrow, Chief Asst. City Sol., for appellant.

Bill Wolf, Jr., for appellee.

Before DOYLE and SMITH, JJ., and LEDERER, Senior Judge.


SMITH, Judge.

Before this Court is an interlocutory appeal of the City of Philadelphia (City) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying the City's motion for judgment on the pleadings. The issue presented to this Court is whether the retroactive application of the City's ordinance repealing its waiver of governmental immunity in cases involving negligence or unlawful conduct of its police officers unconstitutionally deprived Louis Patton...

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