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RAKER v. PENNSYLVANIA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

844 A.2d 659 (2004)

John RAKER, Appellant, v. PA. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 16, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold Laikin, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Howard G. Hopkirk, Harrisburg, for appellee.

BEFORE: PELLEGRINI, J., COHN, J., and FLAHERTY, Senior Judge.

OPINION BY Judge PELLEGRINI.

John Raker (Raker) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County (trial court) granting a Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the Department of Corrections (Department) because his slip-and-fall claim did not fall within any of the exceptions to sovereign immunity.1

Raker was an inmate at the State Correction Institution at Coal Township (SCI-Coal Township). On August 16, 1996...

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