Johns v. First Union Corp.

DEL SOLE, President Judge:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from a trial court order transferring Appellant’s cause of action from Philadelphia County to the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens. We reverse.

¶ 2 Appellant instituted this action seeking to recover for injuries suffered while he was riding his bicycle home from his place of employment. Appellant’s complaint alleges that, when traversing property owned, leased, and/or occupied by the Appellees, Appellant’s bicycle hit an asphalt mound, causing him to be thrown forward over the handlebars onto…