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- Title: Ruth v. Smith v. City Philadelphia and Philadelphia Gas Works and Philadelphia Facilities Management Corporation
- Author : Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 03, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 109 KB
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Section 8553 of the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act, Act of October 5, 1980, P.L. 693, No. 142 § 221(1), as amended, 42 Pa C.S.A. § 8553, limits recovery of damages against political subdivisions of the Commonwealth to $500,000 in the aggregate for legally cognizable tort injuries arising from the same transaction. The question in this case is whether this limitation is constitutionally permissible.