Northampton v. DeBerardinis

VAN ANTWERPEN, J.,

On or about May 29, 1979, defendant, Attilio F. DeBerardinis, was involved in an accident in which his vehicle struck an abutment of Bridge No. 77, located in Plainfield Township, Northampton County, Pa., causing the bridge to collapse. In this action, plaintiff, County of Northampton, seeks to recover damages for the destruction of the bridge and contends that it is entitled to damages in the sum of $196,167.13 for the actual cost of construction of a new bridge and engineering costs in the sum of *685$18,591.90. This matter is now before the court on defendant’s motion in…