De Stuckle v. Tehuantepec Railway Co.

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• holding that, where the reason for a rule of law has disappeared over time, stare decisis may be set aside
• holding that, where the reason for a rule of law has disappeared over time, stare decisis may be set aside
• abolishing governmental immunity for municipal and quasi-municipal corporations, paving the way for exceptions to Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8541 et seq.
• abrogating governmental immunity notwithstanding suggestions in earlier decisions that legislature should take up issue
• abrogating governmental immunity notwithstanding suggestions in earlier decisions that legislature should take up issue
• collecting cases from other jurisdictions which had judicially abandoned doctrine of governmental immunity

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