Haas v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

John and Catherine Haas appeal an order of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas which entered a judgment on the pleadings in favor of New-town Township. We affirm.

John Haas was injured when the vehicle in which he was a passenger skidded out of control on an icy overpass of a state highway in Newtown Township. Haas alleges that the Township was negligent in failing to warn motorists, failing to close the overpass and detour traffic, and failing to anticipate the Department of Transportation’s inadequate response to the hazardous condition.1 Haas…