Stout v. Universal Underwriters Insurance

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that Appellate Rules “were adopted to insure the orderly and efficient administration of justice at the appellate level” (emphasis added)
• advising that the “extreme action” of dismissal should be imposed sparingly and is not appropriate when, inter alia, the moving party has not suffered prejudice
• observing that the sanction of dismissal is sparingly imposed and is inappropriate where there has been substantial compliance with the rules and the other party has not suffered prejudice
• observing that the sanction of dismissal is sparingly imposed and is inappropriate where there has been substantial compliance with the rules and the other party has not suffered prejudice
• emphasizing that the “extreme action of dismissal” is “inappropriate when there has been substantial compliance with - 19 - J-A11040-24 the rules and when the party [moving for quashal of the appeal] has suffered no prejudice.”
• stating that the “extreme action of dismissal should be imposed by an appellate court sparingly, and clearly would be inappropriate when there has been substantial compliance with the rules and when the moving party has suffered no prejudice.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).