Legal Opinion
Helfrick v. UPMC Shadyside Hospital
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County
Decided September 29, 2003No. GD03-010082PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WETTICK JR., J.,
The subject of this opinion and order of court is plaintiff’s petition to strike a judgment of non pros entered for failure of plaintiff to file a certificate of merit within 60 days of the filing of the complaint. The issue raised through this petition is whether a judgment of non pros may be obtained if the plaintiff has filed a certificate of merit beyond the 60-day period set forth in the rules for the filing of a certificate of merit but before the defendant’s filing of a praecipe for the entry of a judgment of non pros.1
*131In a complaint filed on May 29, 2003, plaintiff…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Laudenberger v. Port Auth. of AlleghenySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Rieser v. GlukowskySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Katz v. St. Mary HospitalSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- LANSDOWNE BY LANSDOWNE v. GC Murphy Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- MacIoce v. GlinatsisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Moore v. JOHN A. LUCHSINGER, PCSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Velazquez v. UPMC Bedford Memorial HospitalDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2004