Legal Opinion
Weber v. Lynch
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 8, 1977No. 81 and 84PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*602OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Chief Justice.
In these appeals we are asked to determine the validity and enforcibility of Rule 303 J of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, which, in de novo appeals from compulsory arbitration, generally restricts a party from calling witnesses not called at the arbitration hearing. The rule provides:
“Except by allowance of the Court for good cause shown, no witness, other than an after-discovered witness, may be called by a party at any subsequent trial who was not called as a witness by that party at the arbitration hearing.”
The instant action was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Capital Traction Co. v. HofSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Allstate Insurance v. FioravantiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Smith CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Commonwealth v. HarmonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Gottschall v. CampbellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
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3Cited by35 opinions
- American Universal Insurance v. DelGrecoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Attorney General v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
- In Re Appeal of Upper Providence Police Delaware County Lodge 27Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- In the Interest of C.S.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Rieser v. GlukowskySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
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