Legal Opinion
Lyles v. Com., Dept. of Transp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 23, 1986PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
Doris Lyles was rendered a quadraplegic when she was injured in an automobile accident on March 11, 1979 on the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia. The accident occurred when the automobile in which she was riding struck a pool of water on the road. In the lawsuit that followed, Ms. Lyles sued the Department of Transportation of Pennsylvania, which had designed the highway and was respon*324sible for its maintenance and repair. The Department of Transportation, in turn, joined the City of Philadelphia and the driver of the automobile as additional…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Smith v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Lyles v. City of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
3Cited by22 opinions
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- Allen v. MellingerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Zauflik v. Pennsbury School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
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