Shippen Township v. Portage Township

Opinion by

Senior Judge Narick,

This is an appeal by Shippen Township (Shippen) from an $18,801.20 verdict of the Court of Common Pleas of Cameron County rendered against Shippen and in favor of Portage Township (Portage). For the reasons set forth herein, we vacate and remand.

The parties are in agreement as to the following facts. On February 16, 1984, a Shippen garbage truck weighing approximately 121/2 tons sank into a depression which was directly over what has been referred to as a bridge, said bridge located in Portage. This bridge *261consisted of two sixty-inch pipes or culverts which…