Pennsylvania High Court Reverses Immunity Exception Ruling In Parked Vehicle Suit

Mealey's (September 10, 2018, 8:11 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court concluded Aug. 21 that a lower court erred in holding that the involuntary movement of a parked vehicle does not constitute the “operation” of a motor vehicle for the purposes of the vehicle liability exception to statutory governmental immunity.  The state high court reversed and remanded in an action over the death of a worker killed when a vehicle hit a parked water authority vehicle and pushed it into him (Victoria Balentine, et al. v. Chester Water Authority, et al., No. 119 MAP 2016, Pa. Sup., Middle Dist., 2018 Pa. LEXIS 4299)....