Medina v. Township of Falls

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Mrs. Carmen Medina has sued the Commonwealth, Falls Township, and its supervisors because of injuries which she and her children allegedly sustained when her automobile struck a pothole on U.S. Eoute 1, a state highway. On the ground that responsibility for repair and maintenance of state roads rests exclusively with the Commonwealth, the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas dismissed Mrs. Medina’s suit against the township and its supervisors on motion for summary judgment. Mrs. Medina and the Commonwealth appeal that order; we affirm.

Mrs. Medina and the Commonwealth…