Lonsdale v. Joseph Horne Co.

POPOVICH, Judge:

This case involves an appeal from the February 13, 1990, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (reduced to judgment thereafter) granting a compulsory nonsuit against the Plaintiffs/Appellants, Joanne M. Lonsdale and Robert E. Lonsdale, her husband. We affirm.

An appellate court must determine the propriety of the trial court granting a nonsuit by a consideration of the facts existing at the time the nonsuit was entered. On an appeal from a compulsory nonsuit, the plaintiff is entitled to all favorable evidence and all reasonable inferences therefrom. Where a…