Kennedy v. Spiegel

NICHOLAS, P.J.,

This opinion is necessitated by defendant Spiegel’s appeal to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania from our order dated July 5, 1995 which denied Spiegel’s petition to set aside default judgment.1 This opinion explains that although service of original process, complaint, was by publication more than 30 days after the complaint was filed, Spiegel consented to this court’s exercise of in personam jurisdiction or waived his right to argue that the service was defective.

Kennedy and Spiegel were shareholders in Cambridge Financial Group, a closely held Pennsylvania corporation.…