GUSSOM v. TEAGLE

No. 12 EAP 2020.

247 A.3d 1046 (2021)

Rhasheena GUSSOM, Appellant v. Maurice TEAGLE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: March 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Maizel, Esq. , Philadelphia, Kenneth Scott Saffren, Esq. , Saffren & Weinberg, Jenkintown, for Appellant.

Donna M. DiPietro, Esq. , Law Office of Donna M. DiPietro, Joseph B. Mayers, Esq. , The Mayers Firm LLC, Plymouth Meeting, Ryan Ashley Nolan, Esq. Nationwide Trial Division, for Appellee.

Matthew Daniel Vodzak, Esq. Fowler Hirtzel McNulty & Spaulding, LLP, Philadelphia, for Amicus Curiae.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

I. Introduction

The Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure ("Rules") allow a plaintiff to commence a civil action by filing either a praecipe for a writ of summons or a complaint. Pa.R.C.P. 1007. The Rules require a plaintiff to serve...

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