Leswat Lighting Systems, Inc. v. Lehigh Valley Restaurant Group, Inc.

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from the order of August 10, 1994, entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County dismissing the complaint filed by Leswat Lighting Systems, Inc. (“Appellant”) against Lehigh Valley Restaurant Group, Inc. (“Appellee”). In this matter, we are asked to determine whether appellant is barred from bringing an action in Pennsylvania on the ground that it lacks a certificate of authority to do business in this Commonwealth. We affirm.

We recount the history of this case as follows: On May 25, 1994, appellant filed a complaint that contained the following…