Patterson v. Wilson ex rel. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

The plaintiff, Theresa Braun Patterson, administratrix of the estate of Theresa Ann Patterson, filed a complaint in trespass in this Court against the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Commonwealth).1 The complaint alleges that an automobile accident which occurred on August 7, 1976 had been caused by the defendants’ negligent design, construction, and maintenance of a highway, known as Old 309 or as the Bethlehem Pike, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and that the plaintiff is entitled to dam*60ages for the death…