Kyung Ha Jung v. St. Paul's Parish

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

This is an appeal by Kyung Ha Jung and Sung M. Jung, Appellants, from an order of the Superior Court which affirmed the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying Appellants’ Petition to Open Judgment of Non Pros. The issues presented are whether the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to open the judgment, and whether the Superior Court’s affirmance was inconsistent with its own precedent as well as precedent of this Court. For the following reasons we reverse.

The facts underlying this case are as…