Stabley v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

OPINION BY

WECHT, J.:

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (“A & P”) and Pathmark Stores, Inc. (“Pathmark”) (collectively, “Appellants”), appeal the trial court’s order denying their petition to open the default judgment entered in favor of Bertha Stabley and against Appellants. We affirm.

The underlying claim arose when Stab-ley was struck by a column of shopping carts in a Pathmark parking lot, which were being pushed by a Pathmark employee. Trial Court Opinion (“T.C.O.”), 8/5/2013, at 1. The trial court set forth the materially undisputed procedural history as follows:

This case originated…