Swank v. Bensalem Township

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jrv

A Bucks County Common Pleas Court granted Bensalem Township’s motion for summary judgment. Thomas Swank appeals. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

Swank was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident at .the “Pen Ryn” curve on State Road, a state highway,1 in Bensalem Township. The Township had previously 'applied to the Department of Transportation for a permit to erect flashing warning lights at the approaches t'o the “Pen Ryn” curve, following a series of collisions at the curve. The lights had not been erected at the time of .Swank’s…