Supreme Court of Pennsylvania October 23, 1986 (Lyles v. Com., Dept. of Transp.)

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.