For the purposes of its parking operations, the Philadelphia Parking Authority is a local agency under the Tort Claims Act, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
The Commonwealth Court made the unanimous en banc panel decision in Oliver v. Tropiano Transportation on Friday. The decision reverses a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas holding that the authority is a commonwealth agency governed by the doctrine of sovereign immunity.
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