Biondillo v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation

RODGERS, Senior Judge.

Linda Biondillo, Anthony Biondillo and Joanne Leshnack (Plaintiffs) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County (trial court) entering a judgment of non pros in favor of the Department of Transportation (DOT). We reverse and remand.

This cause of action arose from Plaintiffs’ single vehicle automobile accident that occurred on June 16, 1985. On June 16, 1987, Plaintiffs initiated the present cause of action against DOT. DOT filed preliminary objections and Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on February 4, 1988. On July 12, 1988, DOT filed an…