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TOKAR v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.

480 Pa. 598 (1978)

391 A.2d 1046

Stephen J. TOKAR, Administrator of the Estate of Melva Tokar, Deceased, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ("PDOT"), et al. Stephen J. TOKAR, Administrator of the Estate of Melva Tokar, Deceased, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ("PDOT"), Robert S. Kopitnik, PDOT District Engineer, J.G. Valko, PDOT County Superintendent, Tony Maruca, PDOT Assistant Superintendent, J.R. Hetrick, PDOT employee, P. Delogier, PDOT employee, George Bender, PDOT employee. Appeal of Robert S. KOPITNIK, J.G. Valko, Tony Maruca, J. R. Hetrick, P. Delogier and George Bender.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stevens, Clark, Laubach & Semple, David A. McVey, Baskin, Boreman, Wilner, Sachs, Gondelman & Craig, Jerome M. Libenson, Pittsburgh, for appellant in No. 124 and appellee in No. 130.

J. Justin Blewitt, Jr., John L. Sweezy, David Max Baer, Harrisburg, for appellants in No. 130 and appellees in No. 124.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Stephen Tokar, administrator of the estate of decedent Melva Tokar, brought an action in trespass against defendants, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and six individual employees of the Department. The complaint alleged that decedent was killed when the car she was driving struck a bump in a public highway, causing her to lose...

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