Osborne v. Cambridge Twp.

VARDARO, J.,

The matter before this court arises from an action brought under provisions of Pennsylvania’s Wrongful Death and Survival Acts by the plaintiff, Jeanette M. Osborne, in her capacity as administratrix of her husband’s estate. The claims were brought against the defendant, Cambridge Township, as a result of a fatal motor vehicle accident which occurred on a township roadway. It was alleged at trial that the defendant was negligent in its failure to take measures to warn of a large tree which had fallen across one of its roads and for which the township had timely notice of. The…