Stokes v. Thiemann

JOHNSON, Judge:

An action was filed in assumpsit and trespass, the plaintiff, appellee in this appeal, alleging that the defendants, appellants before us, owed him certain sums of money for services rendered. A jury trial ended on December 14,1979, with a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendants then tried to settle the dispute by tendering an amount less than the jury verdict. This was refused by the plaintiff. The defendants did not file their post-trial motions until a month after the verdict. 1 Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 227.1 2 provides that post-verdict motions must be filed…