KNOX v. SEPTA

No. 125 C.D. 2013

81 A.3d 1016 (2013)

Andre KNOX v. SEPTA and George Hill and PA Financial Responsibility Assigned Claims Plan. Craig Friend v. SEPTA and George Hill and PA Financial Responsibility Assigned Claims Plan. Fairley Matthews v. SEPTA, Matthew Manning and George Hill and PA Financial Responsibility Assigned Claims Plan. Lakeah Watson v. SEPTA, Matthew Manning and George Hill and PA Financial Responsibility Assigned Claims Plan. Appeal of: Andre Knox, Craig Friend, Fairley Matthews and Lakeah Watson.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decide November 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth M. Kapner , Philadelphia, for appellant Andre Knox.

Osvaldo Fontecchio , Philadelphia, for appellant Craig Friend.

Dianne A. Dichter , Philadelphia, for appellee PA Financial Responsibility Assigned Claims Plan.

BEFORE: BROBSON, Judge, McCULLOUGH, Judge (P.), and FRIEDMAN, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Senior Judge FRIEDMAN.

This appeal arises from eight separate lawsuits filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court). On January 7, 2007, a bus owned by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) was rear-ended by a vehicle driven and owned by George Hill (Hill), who was uninsured. Hill allegedly struck the SEPTA bus while it was stopped to discharge passengers. As a result of the accident, Andre Knox, Fairley...

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