Pennock v. Lenzi

OPINION BY

Judge LEADBETTER.

Russell and Antoinette Pennock, in them individual capacities and on behalf of the estate of Daniel Pennock, appeal the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County (common pleas) dismissing their complaint with prejudice on the basis that plaintiffs’ wrongful death and survival actions are barred by the two year statute of limitations imposed by 42 Pa.C.S. § 5524(2). We affirm.

Plaintiffs’ teenage son, Daniel, died on April 1, 1995, after contracting both rota-virus and staphylococcus infections. Nearly eight years later, on February 21, 2003, plaintiffs…