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DUBLIN SPORTSWEAR v. CHARLETT

485 Pa. 633 (1979)

403 A.2d 568

DUBLIN SPORTSWEAR, A division of Genesco, Inc., a corporation v. Vincent CHARLETT, Individually and d/b/a Arthur Robert School of Beauty Culture, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen N. Brunwasser, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Joseph E. Schmitt, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

NIX, Justice.

We are called upon in this appeal to assess the propriety of the trial court's decision to permit the plaintiff in a civil suit to proceed to trial and verdict in the defendant's absence under Pa.Rule of Civil Procedure 218. The trial court concluded that the attending circumstances justified permitting the trial to be conducted without the presence of defendant, his witnesses if any, and counsel.1

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