Mick v. Biggart

PICCIONE, J,

Before the court for disposition is defendant Robert Biggart’s motion for summary judgment. This action arises out of a multiple-vehicle accident that occurred on February 5, 2004 at approximately 7 p.m. Plaintiff Leon Mick Jr. was traveling west on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in a vehicle operated by additional defendant Holly L. Elsbuiy. Defendant William Batts, who was driving immediately in front of Mick and Elsbury, suddenly lost control of his vehicle, presumably due to black ice caused by the freezing rain that began falling shortly before the accident. As a result, Batts’s…