Hayes v. Donohue Designer Kitchen, Inc.

BENDER, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from a judgment entered in a contract dispute case after Appellants failed to appear for a scheduled arbitration hearing. Appellants raise three questions for our review, of which one asks whether it was proper, pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1303(b), to enter a judgment in favor of Appellees without any witnesses being sworn or evidence being offered? We vacate and remand.

¶ 2 The present action resulted from the alleged failure of Appellants to timely complete a renovation of Appellees’ kitchen. The parties had executed a contract for the renovation work on July 11,…