Legal Opinion

Otterson v. Jones

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 14, 1997PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPOVICH, Judge:

The plaintiff/appellant, Agnes Otterson, appeals the order granting the Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings of the defendant/appellee, Allen Jones. We reverse.

“Like all summary judgments entered without a trial judgment on the pleadings may be entered only in clear cases free from doubt where there are no issues of fact, and only where the cause is so clear that a trial would clearly be a fruitless exercise.... The party moving for the judgment on the pleadings admits for the purpose of his motion the truth of all the allegations of his adversary and the untruth of any of his…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Lamp v. HeymanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Cahill v. SchultsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  3. Leidich v. FranklinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  4. Feher by Feher v. AltmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  5. Rosenberg v. NicholsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Moses v. T.N.T. Red Star ExpressSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  2. Lewis v. Gettysburg Diagnostic Imaging P.C., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Adams County2004
  3. Crary v. Centre County Historical Society, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Centre County2007
  4. Currie v. Phillips, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County2005
  5. Otterson v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997

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