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LOCKWOOD v. CITY OF PITTSBURGH

751 A.2d 1136 (2000)

Thomas LOCKWOOD, Administrator of the Estate of James P. Lockwood, Appellant, v. CITY OF PITTSBURGH and Allegheny County, v. Eric Wilson, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 18, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent A. Coppola, White Oak, for Thomas M. Lockwood.

Laurence M. Kelly, Montrose, amicus curiae Trial Lawyers Assoc.

John Shorall, Susan E. Malie, Pittsburgh, for City of Pittsburgh.

David V. Weicht, John A. Robb, Pittsburgh, for Eric Wilson.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

We must determine whether a claim alleging that the City of Pittsburgh was negligent in failing to install a guardrail along a curve in the road where an accident occurred falls within the streets exception to governmental immunity set forth in the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8542(b)(6). In Dean v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, ___ Pa. ___,

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