Eckert v. Querry

COLINS, Judge.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) appeals three orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Blair County (trial court). In the order appealed at No. 1663 C.D.1992, the trial court, inter alia, granted DOT’s motion to mold the verdict and granted Mary Eckert’s (Eckert) motion for delay damages. In the order appealed at No. 1664 C.D.1992, the trial court denied DOT’s motion for post-trial relief. In the order appealed at No. 1835 C.D.1992, the trial court amended its prior order to substantially increase its award of delay damages to Eckert.

Eckert was a passenger in an automobile…