YOUNG v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.


744 A.2d 1276 (2000)

Doris YOUNG and Diane Lynch, Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Young, Deceased, Appellee, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. Driscoll Construction Company, Inc. Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. McKenna, Arnold E. Capriotti, Jr., Cherry Hill, NJ, for Driscoll Const. Co., Inc.

Joseph J. Schafle, Jr., Philadelphia, Evan M. Levow, Cherry Hill, NJ, for D. Young and D. Lynch in No. 7 E.D. Appeal Docket 1999.

Allan E. Ells, Philadelphia, John G. Knorr, III, Harrisburg, for PennDOT.

Joseph J. Schafle, Jr., Philadelphia, for D. Lynch in No. 8 E.D. Appeal Docket 1999.

Evan M. Levow, Cherry Hill, NJ, for D. Young in No. 8 E.D. Appeal Docket 1999.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.


OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

We granted allocatur in this case to determine whether expert testimony is necessary to ascertain if warning signs should be placed three miles away from a construction site on an interstate highway. This is an appeal taken from the order of the Commonwealth Court, which reversed the common pleas court's grant of summary judgment for the Appellants. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the order of the Commonwealth Court...

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