Helmick v. South Union Township

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

Appellants, parents of three deceased children, were plaintiffs below in trespass actions against a township to recover compensation for its alleged negligence in failing to maintain a highway under its control in a safe condition for travel, which appellants contend was the proximate cause of the minors’ deaths.

Appellants’ three daughters were passengers in a truck operated by one Gardner. They were part of a group of a dozen or more young people en route from Uniontown to a near-by dance pavilion for an evening’s entertainment. Two of the passengers were seated…