Burkholz v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation

MIRARCHI, Senior Judge.

Evelyn Burkholz (Burkholz), the adminis-tratrix of the estate of Harvey Burkholz (decedent), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County denying her motion for post-trial relief.

On January 22,1989 at approximately 1:45 a.m., the decedent was driving a 1986 Dodge van northbound on State Route 15 in Adams County, when his van left the northbound lane, travelled over the southbound lane and across the berm, and struck the trailing blunt end of a guardrail which impaled the van and the decedent. The van then continued to travel through forty-nine…