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· 9/4/1981

Chapman v. City of Philadelphia

Citations

  • 434 A.2d 753
  • 290 Pa. Super. 281
  • 1981 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3338

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • special relationship only where “authorities have undertaken the responsibility to provide adequate protection” for individual
  • special relationship only where \authorities have undertaken the responsibility to provide adequate protection\ for individual
  • police owe no duty to provide additional protection to high crime area

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Judges: Wickersham, McEwen, Wieand

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