Parking a vehicle on a sidewalk can be considered negligence per se if the plaintiff was injured while walking along the sidewalk, but not while either entering or exiting the vehicle, the Superior Court has ruled.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the Superior Court ruled October 10 that because the plaintiff was not a part of the particular class targeted by statute 75 Pa.C.S. 3353, which prohibits parking on the sidewalk, the plaintiff will not be able to charge an ambulance owner with per se negligence after she tripped exiting the vehicle when it was parked on a sidewalk.
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