National Union Fire Insurance v. Nicholas

McEWEN, Judge:

This appeal presents an issue of first impression in Pennsylvania: Whether a foreign judgment, registered in Pennsylvania pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 4306, (hereinafter “UEFJA”), more than four years after the judgment was entered in the foreign state, is barred by the four-year statute of limitations set forth at 42 Pa.C.S. § 5525(5). The trial court, following review of decisions from other jurisdictions, found that 42 Pa.C.S. § 5525(5) was applicable only to actions on foreign judgments and not to proceedings to register a…