Pilon v. Bally Engineering Structures

WIEAND, Judge:

This is an appeal from a trial court order, entered August 17, 1993, by which an action was terminated for inactivity pursuant to Berks County Rule of Judicial Administration 1901 and Pa.R.J.A. 1901.

The order from which the instant appeal was filed did not enter a judgment of non pros. The order terminated the action for lack of activity pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. 1901. Although the effect of a judgment of non pros and an order terminating the action are virtually identical, each serves a slightly different purpose and entails a different procedure.1

Pa.R.J.A. 1901(a) establishes…