Title: Hightower, et al v. Warrington Twp, Pet (Summary Disposition)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT BARRY HIGHTOWER AND FLORENCE HIGHTOWER, Respondents, v. WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, A/K/A WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY, Petitioner. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 13 MAL 2007 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Memorandum Opinion and Order of the Commonwealth Court (McGinley, Cohn Jubelirer, JJ., and McCloskey, S.J.), dated December 7, 2006, reversing and remanding the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (Mellon, J.), dated March 6, 2006. ORDER PER CURIAM DECIDED: December 23, 2008 AND NOW, this 23rd day of December 2008, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, the decision of the Commonwealth Court is VACATED, see Reid v. City of Philadelphia, 957 A.2d 232 (Pa. 2008), and the matter is REMANDED for the Commonwealth Court to address applicability of the sidewalk exception to the Political Subdivision and Tort Claims Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8542(b)(7).