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LYLES v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.

512 Pa. 322 (1986)

516 A.2d 701

Doris LYLES, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, and City of Philadelphia and Essie L. Francis, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 23, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Feldman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Gary B. Gilman, Philadelphia, for Dept. of Transp.

Andrew S. Gordon, Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., Allen C. Warshaw, Deputy Atty. Gen., Barbara R. Axelrod, Philadelphia, for City of Phila./amicus curiae.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Doris Lyles was rendered a quadraplegic when she was injured in an automobile accident on March 11, 1979 on the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia. The accident occurred when the automobile in which she was riding struck a pool of water on the road. In the lawsuit that followed, Ms. Lyles sued the Department of Transportation of Pennsylvania, which had designed the highway and was responsible

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