PATTON v. MACK TRUCKS, INC.


360 Pa.Super. 1 (1986)

519 A.2d 959

Robert L. PATTON and Esther P. Patton, Appellants, v. MACK TRUCKS, INC., Appellee. Joan M. HAINES, Administratrix of the Estate of Kenneth B. Haines, Appellant, v. MACK TRUCKS, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph D. Samuel, Philadelphia, for appellants (at 878 and 879).

Marc A. Landry, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before CIRILLO, President Judge, and MONTEMURO and JOHNSON, JJ.


MONTEMURO, Judge:

Appellants challenge an order of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas granting appellee's motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissing appellants' complaint. Because appellants filed their actions beyond the applicable period of limitations, 13 Pa.C.S.A. § 2725, we affirm.

The case arises from a March 17, 1981 truck accident that killed the driver of the truck, Kenneth B. Haines, and injured a passenger, appellant Robert L....

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