Township of Swatara v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

A Complaint was filed by two employees of the Reading Company against the Reading Company, the *198Department of Highways of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the County of Dauphin, and the Township of Swatara, alleging dangerous conditions at three bridges above the grade of tracks at Reading Company’s Rutherford Yard in Swatara Township, Dauphin County. The Complaint prayed that an alteration of the bridges would be ordered to protect pedestrians, in particular railroad employees who are required to walk on one or more of the bridges.

Answers were filed by all…