Colovos v. Department of Transportation

This is a personal injury case involving a phenomenon known as preferential icing. 1 Plaintiff’s decedent was killed in an automobile accident after the car in which she was riding skidded on the ice and was struck by oncoming traffic. Defendant won a directed verdict in a bench trial with regard to claims alleging defective design and lack of proper maintenance. The court later issued a judgment of no cause of action with regard to plaintiff’s claim of breach of defendant’s duty to provide adequate warnings. Only this last ruling is at issue here.

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