Breza v. Don Farr Moving & Storage Co.

DISSENTING OPINION BY

BENDER, J.:

¶ 1 On February 5, 2003, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reported that the trial division of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas had unexpectedly ground to a halt due to an absence of jurors. The problem, it seems, was that, inexplicably, approximately 855 juror summonses had failed to reach the intended recipients. Allegheny County Court Administrator Raymond Billotte was perplexed, the Post-Gazette quoted him thusly: “The summonses did not reach the mail and were not mailed out. We went back and reviewed the process and quite honestly are unable to…