Hoeke v. Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

CERCONE, Judge:

In the instant appeal the defendants below challenge the lower court’s denial of their preliminary objections which questioned the validity of the court’s jurisdiction over their persons. In particular defendant-appellants argue that the writ of summons in trespass and assumpsit which was served upon them did not comply with the provisions of Rule 1010 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. For reasons which will later become apparent, sustaining their argument would be tantamount to terminating plaintiffs-appellees’ cause of action in trespass. On the facts present in…