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· 6/14/1989

Trenco, Inc. v. Dept. of Transp.

Citations

  • 560 A.2d 285
  • 126 Pa. Commw. 501
  • 1989 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 416

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that sovereign immunity was not applicable where DOT was the right-of-way owner of land abutting a state highway and the condition of the land resulted in a landslide of slate and mud that came down upon the roadway causing damage to vehicles
  • where a landslide damaged trucks traveling on a state highway, this Court concluded that the dangerous condition fell within the real estate exception because the landslide originated on a steep slope adjacent to the highway within DOT’s right-of-way
  • slate and mud from landslide fell on appellant’s vehicles

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Judges: Barry, Colins, Kalish

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