Attorneys Pohl & Gleason Receive Dismissal on Behalf of School District

On October 2, 2025, attorneys Thomas Pohl and Ryan Gleason obtained a complete dismissal of all claims against their school district client in the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County, Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs alleged negligence related to certain school bus operations.  Pohl and Gleason briefed and filed preliminary objections raising immunity arguments under Pennsylvania’s Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act. At oral argument, Gleason then successfully argued that the plaintiffs were attempting to establish a novel theory of liability under the “motor vehicle exception” that could result in an expansion of school district liability not intended by the legislature. The court accepted the Burns White team’s arguments, and the school district was dismissed from the case with prejudice.