Ziemba v. Hagerty

Opinion by

Spaulding, J.,

This is an appeal by Frank E. Ziemba, appellant, from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County dismissing his complaint in trespass against appellee Dean Hagerty, upon appellee’s preliminary objections.

A review of the complex procedural history of the litigation is necessary for the resolution of this appeal. On February 5, 1964, appellant, then a minor, was involved in an accident while a passenger in an automobile driven by appellee. On February 24, 1966, a writ of summons naming Frank J. Ziemba [father of appellant] plaintiff and appellee defendant…