Metropolitan Edison Co. v. City of Reading

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY, : No. 867 MAL 2015 : Petitioner : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Commonwealth Court v. : : : CITY OF READING, : : Respondent : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 6th day of June, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner is: Did the Commonwealth Court err in holding that the City of Reading was immune from liability for property damage caused by Reading’s negligent conduct despite the [u]tility [s]ervice [f]acility exception to governmental immunity contained within the Tort Claims Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §8542(b)(5)?