# Mayle v. Pennsylvania Department of Highways

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · July 14, 1978 · 479 Pa. 384

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9699419

## Case

- **Full name:** Jimmy v. MAYLE, Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** July 14, 1978
- **Citations:** 479 Pa. 384; 388 A.2d 709; 1978 Pa. LEXIS 764
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Larsen
- **Judges:** Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Larsen, Eag-En
- **Cited by:** 296 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9699419

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating “the information before us suggests that making governments liable for their torts will not substantially raise the costs of government or upset governmental financial stability”
- holding that the doctrine of sovereign immunity in the Commonwealth resulted from a mistaken view of the law by earlier courts

## Opinion text

LARSEN, Justice,
concurring.
I join in Mr. Justice Roberts’ opinion and wish to add that I can think of no greater function or more honorable pursuit than for the sovereign (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) to care for those whom it has injured or maimed. Over thirty other sovereigns share this philosophy.

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