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Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 8/14/2008

Boatin v. Miller

Citations

  • 955 A.2d 424
  • 2008 Pa. Super. 188
  • 2008 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2053

How courts have described this case

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  • indicating that the failure to develop an argument with citation to and analysis of relevant authority waives the issue on appeal
  • explaining that if a petitioner meets the two requirements set forth in Rule 237.3(b)(2
  • vacating order denying petition to open default judgment despite fact that answer was not attached to petition; petition was filed within eight days of entry of default and alleged meritorious defense
  • vacating the trial court’s order denying the defendant’s petition to open and explaining that, although the defendant did not attach an answer or preliminary objections to the petition, the petition set forth a meritorious defense
  • failure to attach answer to petition to open excused when deciding if there existed meritorious defense
  • “[U]nder Rule 237.3(b), a trial court must open a default judgment, if the petitioner files a petition to open within ten days of its entry and states a meritorious defense.”

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Judges: Files, Fitzgerald, Green, Lally, Stevens

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