Case Name: Elma SPENCER, as Administratrix and Personal Representative of the Estate of Nicole Spencer, Deceased, and in her own right as said decedent's natural mother and sole heir-at-law and next-of-kin, Appellant, v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY and Robert Maher and Edward Charlton, Appellees
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1990-10-31
Citations: 525 Pa. 466
Docket Number: Appeal No. 152 E.D.Misc.Dkt. 1988
Parties: Elma SPENCER, as Administratrix and Personal Representative of the Estate of Nicole Spencer, Deceased, and in her own right as said decedent’s natural mother and sole heir-at-law and next-of-kin, Appellant, v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY and Robert Maher and Edward Charlton, Appellees.
Judges: NIX, C.J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 525
Pages: 466–468

Head Matter:
581 A.2d 565
Elma SPENCER, as Administratrix and Personal Representative of the Estate of Nicole Spencer, Deceased, and in her own right as said decedent’s natural mother and sole heir-at-law and next-of-kin, Appellant, v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY and Robert Maher and Edward Charlton, Appellees.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued April 11, 1989.
Decided Oct. 31, 1990.
Robert C. Daniels, Philadelphia, for appellant.
John M. Phelan, David P. Bruton, Alfred W. Putnam, Jr., Cheryl H. Picker, James F. Kilcur, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Septa, Philadelphia, for Septa, Maher & Charlton.
Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Atty. Gen., Thomas B. York, Deputy Atty. Gen., John G. Knorr, III, Chief, Deputy Atty. Gen., Robert M. Brown, Scott D. Cessar, Louis C. Long, Pittsburgh, Charisse R. Lillie, Gen. Counsel, Philadelphia, Ann Lavelle Powell, Scranton, Seymour Kurland, City Sol., Norma S. Weaver, Deputy In Charge of Claims, Barbara R. Axelrod, Divisional Deputy, Philadelphia, Louis R. Martin, Jacqueline M. Verney, Harrisburg, Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua, Leslie P. Hitchings, Philadelphia, Francis P. Connors, Delaware Co. Solicitor, John S. Halsted, Chester Co. Solicitor, Frederic M. Wentz, Montgomery Co. Solicitor, Peter Glascott, Bucks Co. Solicitor, for amicus curiae in support of respondents.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
The order of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas is affirmed. See, Marshall v. Port Authority of Allegheny County, 524 Pa. 1, 568 A.2d 931 (1990); Feingold v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, 512 Pa. 567, 517 A.2d 1270 (1968).
NIX, C.J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.
LARSEN and PAPADAKOS, JJ., file dissenting opinions.