Stevens v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation

Opinion by

Senior Judge Barbieri,

Sister Panline Stevens (Rosemary A. Stevens), the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, and the Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh (hereinafter referred to collectively as Appellants) appeal here an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which granted motion of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) for a compulsory non-suit as to it at the close of Appellants’ evidence at trial.1

The claims against PennDOT arose out of a vehicle accident which occurred on TLS. Route 22 in Westmoreland County on March 3, 1979, when Sister Stevens,…