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REID v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

No. 16 EAP 2007

957 A.2d 232 (2008)

Joseph REID and Sarah Reid, Appellees v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 21, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan C. Ostrow, Esq., City of Philadelphia Law Department, Philadelphia, for City of Philadelphia.

Gerald W. Spivack, Esq., Spivack & Spivack, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Joseph Reid and Sarah Reid.

Mark E. Milsop, Esq., Portnoy & Quinn, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, for Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, BALDWIN, FITZGERALD, JJ.

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

In March, 2003, Joseph and Sarah Reid (appellees) attempted to cross a sidewalk abutting Philadelphia's 39th District Police Station. Mr. Reid slipped and fell, sustaining ankle injuries. Appellees filed a negligence action against the City, alleging it failed to remove ice and snow from the sidewalk. The City raised governmental immunity as an affirmative defense pursuant to § 8541 of the Political Subdivision and Tort...

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