Salvati v. Department of State Highways

Preferential icing is a meteorological phenomenon in which ice forms on a bridge deck at a time when the surface of the bridge approaches is clear and dry. This intermittent, unpredictable and often rapidly developing condition occurs through the interplay of a complex of factors, among them relative humidity, ambient air and bridge deck temperatures, and wind velocity and direction. 1

In this wrongful death case, we are asked to determine whether the trial judge clearly erred in finding that the two "watch for ICE on bridge” signs erected by defendant at the approach to the Interstate-75…