Wertz v. Shade

Opinion by

Stadtfeld, J.,

This was an action of trespass wherein plaintiff sued to recover for personal injuries sustained as a result of a collision between defendant’s car and a truck in which plaintiff was seated. On the evening of February 5, 1933, the plaintiff was in the employ of the Pennsylvania Department of Highways, and together with several of his fellow employees, was spreading ashes on the Lancaster Pike at or near its intersection with Wynnewood Road in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, because of the icy condition of the highway at that point. The truck of the Department of…