Zappacosta, J. v. McAvoy, C.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 218, Pa.R.Civ.P. 218, does not allow a trial court to enter judgment against a defendant for failure to appear without requiring the plaintiff to prove his case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• City of Philadelphia v. 1531 Napa, LLC
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-03-06
• DiMeo v. Gross; Pet of: Gross, P.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-12-17
• C.M. v. Rillema, K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-04-20

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Johnston the Florist, Inc. v. TEDCO Construction Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-12· cited 362×
• Feingold v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-18· cited 253×
• Steiner v. Markel
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-04-29· cited 143×
• Oswald v. WB Public Square Associates, LLC
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-11-07· cited 92×
• First Union Mortgage Corp. v. Frempong
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-12-31· cited 82×
• Smith v. Morrell Beer Distributors, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-08-26· cited 70×
• Corrado v. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-19· cited 58×
• Feingold v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-30· cited 47×
• Wenk, J. v. State Farm Fire and Casualty
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-02-07· cited 43×
• Baysmore v. Brownstein
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-03-30· cited 33×
• Digital Communication v. Allen Investments
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-11-15· cited 30×
• Geiger v. Rouse
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-08· cited 25×
• Clark, C. v. Peugh, W.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-06-25· cited 25×
• Estate of O'Connell ex rel. O'Connell v. Progressive Insurance Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-08· cited 17×
• Warner v. University of Pennsylvania Health System
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-05-04· cited 15×
• Carey v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-01-03· cited 13×
• ANS Associates, Inc. v. Gotham Insurance Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-02-29· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. 1992 Chevrolet
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-02-10· cited 10×
• Kalantary v. Mention
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-06-29· cited 9×
• Birdsall v. Carbon County Board of Assessment & Revision of Taxes
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-11-03· cited 9×