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PIEHL v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

No. 5 EAP 2008.

987 A.2d 146 (2009)

Linda PIEHL and William Piehl, husband and wife v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appeal of: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 28, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Greeley Hopkirk, John G. Knorr, PA Office of Attorney General, Calvin R. Koons, Harrisburg, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Kwame Owusu Agyeman, City of Philadelphia Law Department, for City of Philadelphia.

Christine Godwin Pierce, Todd M. Berk, Philadelphia, for Linda and William Piehl.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, GREENSPAN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice BAER.

We granted allowance of appeal in this case to determine whether the Commonwealth Court erred by reversing the trial court and concluding that it should have permitted the Appellees, Linda and William Piehl (hereinafter "Piehls"), plaintiffs below, to amend the caption to their complaint alleging negligence against the City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania after the statute of limitations had expired to include...

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