Pennsylvania Code
Title 210 - APPELLATE PROCEDURE
Part I - RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE
Article I - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Chapter 3 - ORDERS FROM WHICH APPEALS MAY BE TAKEN
IN GENERAL
Rule 302 - Requisites for Reviewable Issue

Universal Citation: 210 PA Code ยง 302

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) General rule.-Issues not raised in the trial court are waived and cannot be raised for the first time on appeal.

(b) Charge to jury.-A general exception to the charge to the jury will not preserve an issue for appeal. Specific exception shall be taken to the language or omission complained of.

Pa.R.A.P. 2117(c) (statement of place of raising or preservation of issues) and Pa.R.A.P. 2119(e) (statement of place of raising or preservation of issues) require that the brief, in both the statement of the case and in the argument, expressly refer to the place in the record where the issue presented for decision on appeal has been raised or preserved below. See Pa.R.A.P. 1551 (scope of review) as to requisites for reviewable issues on petition.

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