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RIDGID FIRE SPRINKLER SERVICE v. CHAIKEN

333 Pa.Super. 213 (1984)

482 A.2d 249

RIDGID FIRE SPRINKLER SERVICE, INC., Appellant, v. S. Solis CHAIKEN and Selma Chaiken, H/W, and Ronald C. Carr.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 7, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Harrison, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Joseph Rappaport, Philadelphia, for appellees.

Before CAVANAUGH, WIEAND and CIRILLO, JJ.

WIEAND, Judge:

Ridgid Fire Sprinkler Service, Inc. has appealed from an order of the trial court opening a judgment obtained by default against Selma Chaiken. Because Mrs. Chaiken's petition to open was not timely filed and because she failed to offer a reasonable excuse for her default, we conclude that it was an abuse of discretion to open the judgment. Therefore, we reverse.

A petition to open a default judgment is an appeal to the court's equitable powers...

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