Cox v. Hott

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellants contend that the lower court erred when it granted appellee’s motion for judgment on the pleadings because the statute of limitations had run.

On July 3, 1971, the parties were involved in an automobile accident on Route 19, Township of Peters, Washington County. As a result of the collision, appellant William Cox’s 1967 Pontiac was damaged beyond repair and all of the appellants suffered injuries described in their complaint as “serious and severe.”

Appellants commenced an action in trespass by filing a praecipe for a writ of summons on June 25, 1973, within the two…