Meadows v. Goodman

OPINION BY

KELLY, J.:

¶ 1 Charles Meadows and Terry Bell, Appellants, appeal from the order 1 entered in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas denying their motion to amend their complaint and dismissing the case. We hold that the trial court erred in denying a “motion to amend complaint” seeking to join a defendant, which had been filed by the plaintiff before the statute of limitations had run, and where neither the named defendant nor the proposed defendant would suffer prejudice. We further hold the court erred in sua sponte dismissing the case where, even if the motion to join a…