MURPHY v. CITY OF DUQUESNE


898 A.2d 676 (2006)

Craig MURPHY, Appellant v. CITY OF DUQUESNE, City of Duquesne Police Department and Richard Adams and Richard S. Adams and Daniel C. Theim.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 5, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Murphy, appellant, pro se.

Stephen J. Poljak, Pittsburgh, for appellees.

BEFORE: McGINLEY, Judge, and COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.

Craig Murphy appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) dismissing his tort claim against the City of Duquesne Police Department, Chief of Police Richard Adams, Lieutenant Richard Scott Adams and Officer Daniel C. Theim (collectively Duquesne). The trial court granted summary judgment to Duquesne because it concluded that there is no cognizable cause of action for holding a municipality and its individual...

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