Farinacci v. Beaver County Industrial Development Authority

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

We granted allocatur in this case to review the application of Lamp v. Heyman, 469 Pa. 465, 366 A.2d 882 (1976) to a matter where, on the last day to commence an action for personal injuries, plaintiff filed a praecipe for writ of summons but, through plaintiff’s counsel’s inadvertence, service of the writ could not be effected within 30 days of its issuance.

Plaintiffs in the original action, appellants herein, seek damages in connection with a slip and fall which allegedly occurred on February 2, 1980. In compliance with the two-year limitation on…