Frey v. Pennsylvania Electric Co.

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order entered by the Honorable Robert Kemp, in the Court of Common Pleas of Tioga County, denying appellant’s motion to amend his complaint. Appellant’s request for amendment was made so that he could add a survival action after the statute of limitations had expired. Since we find that the lower court was correct in its denial of appellant’s motion, we affirm.

The underlying action in this case arose when appellant’s decedent, his son Ronald M. Frey, came into contact with a power line through a tree branch he was holding. Frey was killed as a result…