Steinberg v. Com., Dept. of Public Welfare

Citation480 Pa. 321,389 A.2d 1086
PartiesIrene STEINBERG v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE and Youth Development Center and Jan Koht and Clifford Rogers.
Decision Date11 August 1978
CourtUnited States State Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Appeal from Nos. 19 and 75 January Term, 1978; Roy Wilkinson, Jr., judge.

Robert P. Kane, Atty. Gen., David Max Baer, J. Justin Blewitt, Jr., Deputy Attys. Gen., for appellant at No. 19 and appellee at No. 75.

Neal S. Axe, Kanter, Bernstein & Slifkin, Philadelphia, for appellant at No. 75 and appellee at No. 19.

Before EAGEN, C. J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

NOW, this 11th day of August 1978, the Order of the Commonwealth Court is vacated, and the record is remanded to that court for consideration of this case in light of our recent decision in Mayle v. Pennsylvania Department of Highways, et al., --- Pa. ---, 388 A.2d 709.

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  • Commonwealth v. Geschwendt
    • United States
    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
    • December 31, 1982
    ... ... [500 ... Pa. 122] Stuart Wilder, Asst. Public Defender, for ... appellant ... Michael ... J ... 156, 415 A.2d 80 (1980); Mayle v. Pa. Dept. of ... Highways, 479 Pa. 384, 388 A.2d 709 (1978) d in ... Steinberg v. Commonwealth, Dept. of Public Welfare, ... 480 Pa ... ...
  • Com. v. Geschwendt
    • United States
    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
    • February 4, 1983
    ...156, 415 A.2d 80 (1980); Mayle v. Pa. Dept. of Highways, 479 Pa. 384, 388 A.2d 709 (1978) applied in Steinberg v. Commonwealth, Dept. of Public Welfare, 480 Pa. 321, 389 A.2d 1086 (1978); Grieser v. Commonwealth, Dept. of Transportation, 480 Pa. 447, 390 A.2d 1263 (1978); Tokar v. Commonwea......
  • Gibson v. Com.
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    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
    • June 2, 1980
    ... ... Sweezy, Harrisburg, for Com. and Dept. of Environmental Resources ...         W. Arch Irvin, Jr., ... has show no evidence that tort liability of a government or a public authority has ever resulted in either undue clogging of the courts or ... Welfare economic analysis suggests that government, if suable in tort, may become ... E. g. Steinberg v. Commonwealth, Dept. of Public Welfare, 480 Pa. 321, 389 A.2d 1086 ... ...
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    • Pennsylvania Supreme Court
    • May 14, 1990
    ...we unhesitatingly applied it to cases pending in the courts on the date of the decision (e.g., Steinberg v. Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare, 480 Pa. 321, 389 A.2d 1086 (1978); Grieser v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, 480 Pa. 447, 390 A.2d 1263 (1978); Tokar v. Commo......

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