Legal Opinion
Rothermel v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 6, 1996PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Judge.
Gerald B. Rothermel, Administrator of the Estate of Maria D. Rothermel, and Nancy McArdle, Administratrix of the Estate of Maria McArdle (collectively, Administrators), appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County (trial court) granting partial summary judgment for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (DOT). The trial court held that sovereign immunity shielded DOT from liability for failure to erect a guiderail along a state highway and for failure to provide a clear recovery zone beyond the highway right-of-way.
On February 3, 1989, Maria…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Mascaro v. Youth Study CenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Morena v. South Hills Health SystemSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Snyder v. HarmonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Bendas v. Township of White DeerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Balla v. SladekSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Dean v. Com., Dept. of Transp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Lockwood v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Building Industry Ass'n of Lancaster County v. Manheim TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Smith v. Commonwealth, Department of TransportationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Merlino v. Delaware CountyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
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