Allen v. Mellinger and Pendot (Majority Opinion)

State: Pennsylvania

Docket No: 44 & 45 MAP 1999

Case Date: 11/21/2001

Plaintiff: Allen

Defendant: Mellinger and Pendot (Majority Opinion)

Preview:[J-230-99] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

ELIZABETH A. ALLEN,

: : Appellant : : : v. : : : KENNETH E. MELLINGER AND : COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, : : Appellee :

Nos. 44 and 45 MAP 1999 Appeal from the Order of Commonwealth Court entered August 20, 1998 at Nos. 2408 CD 1997 and 2310 CD 1997 affirming the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County, Civil Division entered July 9, 1997, at Nos. 8901668 and 89-01623

ARGUED: November 15, 1999

OPINION

MR. JUSTICE ZAPPALA

DECIDED: November 20, 2001

In this appeal, we re-examine the interplay between the procedural rule governing delay damages in civil actions (Pa.R.C.P. 238) and the statutory provisions governing sovereign immunity (42 Pa.C.S.

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