Templeton v. Hempt Bros.

SHEELY, P.J.,

Plaintiffs’ home is situated along the Wertzville Road in East Pennsboro Township. Their complaint alleges that prior to May, 1983, defendant Hempt Brothers, under the direction of the Commonwealth, undertook to widen and raise the Wertzville Road, a state highway. Plaintiffs allege that as a result a dangerous condition was created in that the highway was raised above the level of their lands, so that surface water flowing along and across the highway then flowed down into their driveway and onto their lands.

To alleviate this dangerous condition, the complaint avers that…