Sahutsky v. H.H. Knoebel Sons

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• holding that every judgment of non pros must first be challenged by petition
• concluding that, where a party fails to file a petition to open as required, it has failed to preserve the issues it should have raised therein, and has waived those claims for appeal
• holding quashal was not warranted where the appeal was timely filed from an appealable order
• explaining that in some circumstances a procedurally flawed petition may suffice to meet the requirements of Rule 3051
• finding parties that 5 failed to file petition to open judgment of non pros waived their appellate issues
• explaining that, in the context of Pa.R.C.P. No. 3051, filing a petition to open or strike in the trial court, like filing a post-trial motion, gives the trial court an opportunity, in the first instance, to correct any errors and operates to preserve a party’s issues for appeal

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