Stetler v. Piecyk

GOODHEART, S.J.,

INTRODUCTION

The plaintiff timely appeals from the entry of judgment on my order of May 7, 2002, denying her motion to remove a compulsory nonsuit that I entered as to her claims against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, St. Martha’s School and St. Martha’s Parish (collectively, the Archdiocesan defendants) on September 26, 2001, after the close of the plaintiff’s case the previous afternoon. Defendant Joyce Piecyk, owner of the car driven by defendant Mark Piecyk, was let out of the case in December 2000, and the City of Philadelphia settled with the plaintiff shortly before…