Mattson v. Fitzpatrick

PRICE, Judge:

The sole question on this appeal is whether the withdrawal and discontinuance of an appeal from a judgment on the pleadings in favor of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Commission), one of multiple defendants, bars further proceedings in the lower court against the remaining defendants. We hold that it does not, and therefore, reverse the lower court’s decision making a rule to show cause absolute and marking the docket in this case discontinued.

Appellant alleged that the Commission was negligent, thereby contributing to injuries he received in an automobile accident on…