Barninger v. Lancaster City Department of Public Works

GEORGELIS, J.,

Before us is the preliminary objection of two defendants, Columbia Borough Police Department and Columbia Borough, to the plaintiff’s complaint. For the reasons stated below, we will sustain the objection.

The plaintiff’s complaint presents a cause of action in negligence, which he alleges arose out of a January 3, 1990, automobile accident, in which he was injured when his car slid on a patch of ice on Route 441 in the borough and crashed into a telephone pole. He alleges that the ice formed as a result of water flowing freely from under a metal cover which had been placed…