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SPECTER v. COMMONWEALTH

462 Pa. 474 (1975)

341 A.2d 481

Irving SPECTER and Marie Specter, his wife, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris T. Bock, Mendel & Schwartz, P.C., M. Mark Mendel, Philadelphia for appellants.

Burton D. Morris, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellee, Pa. Turnpike Commission.

Jack M. Stover, Robert J. Woodside, Shearer, Mette, Hoerner & Woodside, Lawrence Silver, Deputy Atty. Gen., Chief, Civ. Litigation, Robert P. Kane, Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellee Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION

POMEROY, Justice.

Appellants, Irving Specter and Marie, his wife, have sued the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission [hereinafter "Commission"] alleging that they were injured in a collision on the Turnpike caused solely by the neglience of a Commission employee, driving a Commission-owned vehicle, in making an illegal U-turn without warning while traveling at a high rate of speed.

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