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WITHERSPOON v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

768 A.2d 1079 (2001)

John WITHERSPOON, Appellant, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 26, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Freeman, for John Witherspoon.

Alan C. Ostrow, Philadelphia, for City of Philadelphia.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

ZAPPALA, Justice

We granted allowance of appeal to consider the extent of the inquiry to be made regarding a plaintiff's efforts to serve process for purposes of determining whether the filing of a writ of summons tolled the limitation period for commencing an action. We find no error in the decisions below and therefore affirm.

John Witherspoon alleges that he injured his foot when he slipped and...

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