Williams v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

NARICK, Senior Judge.

Edward Williams has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County granting the motion for summary judgment filed by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and its trolley car driver Steven Janjanin 1 and dismissing Williams’ complaint.

Williams alleges that he was injured on February 18,1986 while aboard a SEPTA trolley driven by Janjanin. On February 17, 1988, one day before the applicáble two-year statute of limitations ran, he, through his attorney, filed a praecipe to issue a writ of summons. His attorney filed an…