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

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

Lane Enters. v. L.B. Foster Co., 710 A.2d 54 (Pa. 1998)

Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · State Highest Courts
Decided: April 15, 1998
Docket: No. 0712 W.D. Allocatur Docket 1997
Citations: 710 A.2d 54551 Pa. 3061998 Pa. LEXIS 797

Cited by 56 7 descriptions by later courts

Opinion

AND NOW, this 15th 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.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 7 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(noting that issues not raised in post-trial motion are waived for appellate review)

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Authorities cited 2

Depth	Case	Cited by
	Benson v. Penn Cent. Transp. Co., 342 A.2d 393 (Pa. 1975)	56
	Commonwealth v. Metz, 633 A.2d 125 (Pa. 1993)	34

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