NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. v. NICHOLAS


438 Pa.Super. 98 (1994)

651 A.2d 1111

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA v. Ralph A. NICHOLAS, Jr., Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Gallagher, Butler, for appellant.

John R. Fielding, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before McEWEN, JOHNSON and HOFFMAN, JJ.


McEWEN, Judge:

This appeal presents an issue of first impression in Pennsylvania: Whether a foreign judgment, registered in Pennsylvania pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 4306, (hereinafter "UEFJA"), more than four years after the judgment was entered in the foreign state, is barred by the four-year statute of limitations set forth at 42 Pa.C.S. § 5525(5). The trial court, following review of decisions from other...

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