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· 10/5/1885

Rife's Appeal

Citations

  • 110 Pa. 232
  • 16 W.N.C. 535
  • 1 A. 226
  • 1885 Pa. LEXIS 410

How courts have described this case

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

  • rejecting the constitutional challenge to the Tort Claims Act under Article I, Section 11 of the Pennsylvania Constitution because stare decisis binds the Court under Carroll
  • failure of county geriatric center to supervise elderly patient who walked off grounds of center into wooded area and died of exposure
  • wrongful death and survival action against county-owned nursing facility barred

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Judges: Clark, Gordon, Green, Mercur, Paxson, Sterrett, Trunkey

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