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SNEAD v. SPCA. OF PENNSYLVANIA

No. 5 EAP 2009, 6 EAP 2009

985 A.2d 909 (2009)

Laila SNEAD, Appellee v. SOCIETY FOR the PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellant Laila Snead, Appellee v. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Pennsylvania, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 29, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan W. Hugg, Walter M. Phillips, Jr., Dawn Michele Sigyarto, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Pennsylvania.

Glen H. Ridenour, II, Margolis Edelstein, Philadelphia, for Laila Snead.

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Pennsylvania (SPCA) seized abused dogs from appellee, which it subsequently euthanized. Appellee sued, claiming civil rights violations, negligence, and conversion; a Philadelphia jury returned a verdict in her favor.

The SPCA appealed, arguing it was immune from suit pursuant to the Sovereign Immunity Act,1 or in the alternative, the...

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