Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1964

Roney v. General State Authority

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided January 7, 1964 · Appeal · Bell, C.J., Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, O'Brien and Roberts

413 Pa. 218; 196 A.2d 349; 1964 Pa. LEXIS 651

Cases that cite this one

11 later published cases cite this decision.

Biello v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (Pa. 1973)
Thomas v. Baird (Pa. 1969)
General State Authority of the Commonwealth v. Pacific Indemnity Co. (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1976)
Safeguard Mutual Insurance v. Commonwealth (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1972)
Armour Rentals, Inc. v. General State Authority (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1972)
James Leo Harris, Jr. v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (3d Cir. 1969)
National Fire Insurance v. Daniel J. Keating Co. (District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania 1964)
Greer v. Metropolitan Hospital (Pa. Super. Ct. 1975)
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission v. Sanders & Thomas, Inc. (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1974)
Tohickon Country Club, Inc. v. Glasgow, Inc. (Bucks County Court of Common Pleas 1974)
J. L. Turner Co. v. General State Authority (Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas 1966)

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Opinion

Per Curiam,

The issue presented on this appeal is whether the doctrine of governmental immunity applies to appellee, The General State Authority. In Rader v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, 407 Pa. 609, 182 A. 2d 199 (1962), we held that the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission was an instrumentality of the Commonwealth engaged in a governmental function and hence immune from liability for the negligence of its employees. The reasoning of that case compels an identical result here.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. Justice Musmanno dissents.

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