Miller v. Krug

SPAETH, Judge:

In 1972 appellant began a trespass action against appellees Krug and Columbia Hospital, alleging negligent medical treatment. In April 1974 the Hospital served interrogatories on appellant. On November 22, 1974, upon motion of the Hospital under Pa.R.Civ.P. 4019(a)(1) & (c)(2), the lower court ordered appellant to answer the interrogatories within twenty days, or be barred from offering “any testimony at trial as to damages.” Appellant filed no answers.1

*42On June 12, 1975, appellant’s then counsel withdrew from the case. Some time later in the summer of 1975 (the docket does not…