Stern v. Jim Bulow Motors

COFFROTH, P.J.,

This case is here on the preliminary objections of additional defendant Hendrickson to the joinder complaint of defendant Rockwell against Hendrickson.2 The instant objections challenge the joinder of Hendrickson on the ground of lateness under Civil Rule 2253, which provides as follows:

“Neither praecipe for a writ to join an additional defendant nor a complaint if the joinder is commenced by a complaint, shall be filed by the original *564defendant or an additional defendant later than 60 days after the service upon the original defendant of the initial pleading of plaintiff or…