Cortese v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Appellants,1 who are residents of Wyoming County, brought this suit in trespass for injuries allegedly sustained by Petra Córtese2 in a one car accident which occurred February 1,1980 in Wyoming County. Petra was a passenger in an automobile operated by one George A. Abbey, Jr. who was killed in the accident. The personal representative of Mr. Abbey’s estate, a resident of Luzerne County, is also a defendant in this action.

Appellants appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County which sustained the preliminary objection of the Department of…