Filing a Writ of Summons Will Not Toll the Statue of Limitations If Subsequent Actions Stall Litigation

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Dewitt Wimbs v. Molly Wolfson, Slip Copy, 2023 WL 5607356 (Table) – Dewitt Wimbs appealed from the order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that granted Molly Wolfson’s preliminary objections based on the statute of limitations and dismissing his personal injury complaint. Wimbs argued that the trial court erred in sustaining the preliminary objections because he filed a praecipe for writ of summons within the statute of limitations period, thus tolling the…
By: Marshall Dennehey
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