# Gibson v. Commonwealth

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · June 2, 1980 · 490 Pa. 156

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9765065

## Case

- **Full name:** Donald E. GIBSON, Administrator, Etc., Et Al., Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania Et Al.; Florence E. HELSEL, Administratrix, Etc., Et Al., Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania Et Al.; Richard F. McCLEMENT, Administrator, Etc., Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania Et Al.; Gladys J. RUSSELL, Administratrix, Etc., Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania Et Al.; David SELDERS Et Al., Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania Et Al.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** June 2, 1980
- **Citations:** 490 Pa. 156; 415 A.2d 80; 1980 Pa. LEXIS 636
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Larsen
- **Judges:** Roberts, Larsen, Flaherty, Eagen, O'Brien, Nix
- **Cited by:** 94 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that “ ‘[tjhere is a vested right in an accrued cause of action.... A law can be repealed by the law giver; but the rights which have been acquired under it, while it was in force, do not thereby cease. It would be an absolute injustice to abolish with the law all the …
- stating that "`[t]here is a vested right in an accrued cause of action.... A law can be repealed by the law giver; but the rights which have been acquired under it, while it was in force, do not thereby cease. It would be an absolute injustice to abolish with the law all the e…
- holding that the reinstatement of sovereign immunity cannot be applied to accrued causes of action

## Opinion text

LARSEN, Justice,
concurring.
I join Mr. Justice Roberts’ opinion, however, I would go further and declare Act 152 unconstitutional.
FLAHERTY, J., joins in this concurring opinion.

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