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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 Γ§ 221(1), as amended, 42 Pa C.S.A. Γ§ 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.