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L.B. Foster Company v. Lane Enterprises, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Apr 15, 1998
551 Pa. 307 (Pa. 1998)

Summary

holding that Pa.R.C.P. No. 227.1 requires parties to file post-trial motions in order to preserve issues for appeal and that issues not raised in a post-trial motion are waived for appeal purposes

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Opinion

No. 0713 W.D. Allocatur Docket 1997.

April 15, 1998.

John B. Consevage, Harrisburg, for petitioner.


AND NOW, this 16th day of April 1998, the Order of the Superior Court is reversed. Pa.R.Civ.P. 227.1 requires parties to file post-trial motions in order to preserve issues for appeal. If an issue has not been raised in a post-trial motion, it is waived for appeal purposes. See Benson v. Penn Central Transportation Company, 463 Pa. 37, 342 A.2d 393 (1975) and Commonwealth v. Metz, 534 Pa. 341, 633 A.2d 125 (1993).

This matter is remanded to the trial court for reinstatement of the verdict.


Summaries of

L.B. Foster Company v. Lane Enterprises, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Apr 15, 1998
551 Pa. 307 (Pa. 1998)

holding that Pa.R.C.P. No. 227.1 requires parties to file post-trial motions in order to preserve issues for appeal and that issues not raised in a post-trial motion are waived for appeal purposes

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concluding that Pa.R.C.P. No. 227.1 "requires parties to file post-trial motions in order to preserve issues for appeal. If an issue has not been raised in a post-trial motion, it is waived for appeal purposes."

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concluding that Pa.R.C.P. No. 227.1 "requires parties to file post-trial motions in order to preserve issues for appeal. If an issue has not been raised in a post-trial motion, it is waived for appeal purposes."

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concluding that Pa.R.C.P. No. 227.1 “requires parties to file post-trial motions in order to preserve issues for appeal. If an issue has not been raised in a post-trial motion, it is waived for appeal purposes.”

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Case details for

L.B. Foster Company v. Lane Enterprises, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:L.B. FOSTER COMPANY, Respondent v. LANE ENTERPRISES, INC., Petitioner

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Apr 15, 1998

Citations

551 Pa. 307 (Pa. 1998)
710 A.2d 55

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