Court Opinion

ID: 9747460
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 15:16:23.595693+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:23.872705
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Mr. Justice Pomeroy :
For the reasons set forth at length in my dissenting opinion in Laughner v. Allegheny County, 436 Pa. 572, at 576, 261 A. 2d 607 (1970), I respectfully dissent from the decision of the Court. Further, I disagree with the majority that this Court’s recent decision in Meagher v. Commonwealth, 439 Pa. 532, 266 A. 2d 684 (1970) can be considered as authority for the decision in the case at bar. That case involved a claim of sov*229ereign immunity asserted by tbe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and was governed by Article I, §11 of the Pennsylvania Constitution; the instant case involves a claim of governmental immunity by a municipality—a claim based on judicial decision and not constitutionally compelled.