Legal Opinion · Dissent

Kuisis v. Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 22, 1974No. Appeal, No. 166Published

1Dissent

Dissenting Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones :

I disagree with the majority view that appellant’s claim was not barred by the statute of limitations. I therefore respectfully dissent.

In the present case appellant was permitted, over appellee’s objection, to amend his complaint to include allegations of liability pursuant to Bestatement 2d, Torts §402A, more than two years after the statute of *341limitations had expired.1 We are concerned here with the policy of freely allowing amendments to pleadings and the rule that where the controlling facts are all stated, and the statement is otherwise…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Webb v. ZernSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  2. Bata v. Central-Penn National BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. Saracina v. CotoiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  4. Goldberg v. FriedrichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  5. Arner v. SokolSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953

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