Meyer v. Community College of Beaver County

In Meyer v. Community College of Beaver County, A.2d, 965 A.2d 406, (Pa. Cmwlth, No. 1141 C.D. 2008, filed February 11, 2009), the Court determined that Plaintiffs' claims under the private action provision of the CPL are statutory in nature, and they are not premised on negligent acts within any of the exceptions to governmental immunity set forth in 42 Pa. C.S. 8542(b). The College is therefore immune from private action claims under the CPL. Meyer, at 14. The Court also determined the College, as a local agency, could not be liable to Plaintiffs for treble damages under the CPL because it retained immunity for the types of conduct needed to support such an award.