Legal Opinion

Buxbaum v. Peguero

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 9, 1984No. 2516 and 2517PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIEAND, Judge:

These are appeals from an order opening a judgment of non pros entered in a medical malpractice case after plaintiffs had failed to file a complaint within twenty days following service of a rule directing them to do so. Our examination of the record fails to reveal an abuse of discretion by the trial court. Therefore, we affirm.

The action was commenced by Henry and Grace Bux-baum who caused a writ of summons to issue naming Doctors Federico A. Peguero and Thomas A. Javian, Jr., and their respective professional corporations, as well as Delaware Valley Medical Center, Inc., as…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation v. NemethSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  2. Saint Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Church v. Preferred Risk Mutual InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. White v. AlstonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. POLUKA v. ColeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. TOPLOVICH v. SPITMANSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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3Cited by20 opinions

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