Gitto v. Plumstead Township

PALLADINO, Judge.

Thomas Gitto (Gitto) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) which denied Gitto’s motion to amend the caption of his complaint and granted the motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Commonwealth). For the reasons which follow, we affirm.

On November 8, 1990, Gitto, a New Jersey resident, filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (district court) against Plumstead Township and the Commonwealth, alleging that he was injured in a one vehicle…