The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about how much local governments have to pay when they’re sued. The proceedings test the constitutionality of a 40-year-old state law that limits that amount of damages at 250-thousand-dollars. The case stems from a young woman who was injured in a bus crash and sued the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. A Philly County court awarded Hailey Freilich damages of seven-million-dollars but state liability says she can’t receive that full amount. Her attorneys have said that amount would only cover a sliver of her recovery costs for her extensive injuries.
