White v. American Honda Research of America

MONTEMURO, Judge:

Appellant Devon Honda brings this timely appeal from an order sustaining the preliminary objection of appellee KG *586Engineering, Inc., and dismissing Devon Honda’s joinder complaint against additional defendant KG Engineering. The issue on appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in concluding that Devon Honda failed to show reasonable cause for the late joinder of KG Engineering, where the joinder occurred 22 months after the filing of the original complaint. We affirm.

On June 1, 1988, plaintiff Curtis White instituted this action alleging negligence, strict…