Case Name: Yancoskie, et al., Appellants, v. Delaware River Port Authority
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1975-06-24
Citations: 235 Pa. Super. 263
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 322
Parties: Yancoskie, et al., Appellants, v. Delaware River Port Authority.
Judges: Before Watkins, P. J., Jacobs, Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Van der Voort, and Spaeth, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 235
Pages: 263–265

Head Matter:
Yancoskie, et al., Appellants, v. Delaware River Port Authority.
Argued March 19, 1975.
Before Watkins, P. J., Jacobs, Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Van der Voort, and Spaeth, JJ.
Louis Samuel Fine, with him Fine, Staud, Grossman & Garfinkle, for appellants.
John J. O’Brien, Jr., with him Elizabeth M. McKenna, for appellee.
June 24, 1975:

Opinion:
Opinion by
Price, J.,
Appellants instituted an action in trespass against appellee, Delaware River Port Authority, and other named parties for the death of appellants' decedent during construction of the Chester-Bridgeport Bridge which was built under the auspices of appellee. The allegations of negligence were based on the failure of appellee and the other defendants to adhere to proper safety standards during said construction. Appellee raised the defense of sovereign immunity and moved for Judgment on the Pleadings, which was granted October 30, 1974 against appellants and all the other parties to this action.
We are again urged to abandon the doctrine of sovereign immunity, a question which has been presented on many previous appeals. All parties concede, as they must, that the present law of this Commonwealth requires we affirm. We decline to depart from the doctrine of sovereign immunity and will affirm. Brown v. Commonwealth, 453 Pa. 566, 305 A. 2d 868 (1973); Enoch v. Food Fair Stores, Inc., 232 Pa. Superior Ct. 1, 331 A. 2d 912 (1974).
The judgment of the lower court is affirmed.
Jacobs, J., concurs in the result.