Legal Opinion
Com., Dept. of Transp. v. Patton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 14, 1997PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.
This case involves a tort claim against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation (PennDOT), appellant, due to alleged negligence in maintaining the right-of-way on a public road. The sole issue pertains to the jury instructions, in which the trial court refused to give Penn-DOT’s requested instruction pertaining to notice of the dangerous condition.
On June 1, 1988, Brenda Patton, appellee’s decedent, was driving on a state road in an urban area of Chester County, when a large limb fell from a tree within the Commonwealth…
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