SMITH v. PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS


740 A.2d 1200 (1999)

Jeanne SMITH, Appellant v. PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation and James J. Anderson Construction Company and Bell Atlantic Pa., Inc. and City of Philadelphia and Walter Rowe, Inc. and Seravalli Company.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordon R. Pitock, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Leon W. Tucker, Philadelphia, for appellee, Phila. Gas Works.

Anthony J. Bilotti, Philadelphia, for appellee, Dept. of Transp.

Linell Lukesh, Philadelphia, for appellee, Bell Atlantic PA.

Before COLINS, J., FRIEDMAN, J., and JIULIANTE, Senior Judge.


FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Jeanne Smith (Plaintiff) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) granting nonsuit against Plaintiff and in favor of six defendants as a result of a motion for discovery sanctions filed by one defendant. Plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in dismissing her case as to the five defendants who were not parties to the motion. We agree and, therefore, reverse.

On November 15, 1996, Plaintiff...

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