Quinones v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation

OPINION BY

Judge COVEY.

Ivette Quinones (Quinones) seeks review of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County’s (trial court) August 3, 2011 order granting summary judgment in favor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation (DOT). The issue before this Court is whether the trial court properly granted summary judgment. We affirm.

On the morning of February 16, 2006, while driving on State Route (S.R.) 33, Jason Brunell (Brunell) lost control of his northbound vehicle, crossed the grassy median, and struck a southbound vehicle driven by Quinones. Brunell was fatally…