Case Title: Caplen v. Burcik & the City of Philadelphia (Per Curiam Order)

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Docket Number: 45 EAP 2003

State: pennsylvania

Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Date: 2004-04-16T00:00:00Z

Document:
J-60-2004 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT LARRY CAPLEN, NEIL B. CAPLEN, JILL CAPLEN SCHECTER AND STANLEY B. CAPLEN, Appellants v. RICHARD W. BURCIK AND CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, TRUSTEE ACTING BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CITY TRUSTS, GIRARD ESTATES, Appellees : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 45 EAP 2003 Appeal from the Order and Judgment Entered on July 17, 2002 by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania at 2017 C.D. 2000, Reversing the Order entered August 4, 2000, as Amended August 21, 2000, in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County at February Term, 2000, No. 3144. ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 15th day of April, 2004, the order of the Commonwealth Court is VACATED and this matter is REMANDED to that court with the direction to REMAND this matter to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County for consideration of the governmental immunity issue in light of our decision in Sphere Drake v. Philadelphia Gas Works, 782 A.2d 510 (Pa. 2001). Jurisdiction relinquished. Madame Justice Newman did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.