Jacob v. New Kensington Y.M.C.A.

MONTGOMERY, Judge:

This appeal arises from the grant of defendant-appellee’s motion for judgment on the pleadings on the ground that the action was barred by the statute of limitations.1 We reverse and remand the matter to the court below.

Plaintiff-appellant allegedly was injured while on the premises of the Young Men’s Christian Association of New Kensington on November 15, 1978. Appellant claims that as a result of appellee’s negligence, he became permanently and irreversibly quadriplegic. Prior to retaining counsel, appellant’s father, on his son’s behalf, filed a praecipe for a writ of…