WELCH FOODS v. BISHOPRIC PRODUCTS


254 Pa.Super. 256 (1978)

385 A.2d 1007

WELCH FOODS, INC., Plaintiff, v. BISHOPRIC PRODUCTS COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, v. PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., Additional-Defendant-Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. McLaughlin, Erie, with him John G. Gent, Erie, for defendant-appellant.

Robert N. Spaeder and T. Warren Jones, Erie, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


CERCONE, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County, Civil Division, refusing to permit the joinder of PPG Industries, Inc., as an additional defendant pursuant to Rule 2253 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm.

The events giving rise to this appeal are as follows. On June 23, 1971, defendant-appellant, Bishopric Products Company, was engaged in relining fruit juice...

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