Pennsylvania Code
Title 231 - RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 1000 - ACTIONS
Subchapter B - ACTION IN TRESPASS
PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY ACTIONS
Rule 1041.1 - Asbestos Litigation. Special Provisions

Universal Citation: 231 PA Code ยง 1041.1

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024

(a) In an action involving any allegation for injury or death arising from exposure to asbestos, the rules of civil procedure governing a civil action shall apply except as provided by this rule

(b) The caption of all legal papers filed in the action shall contain the designation "Civil Action-Asbestos."

(c) Within twenty days after service of the complaint, the defendant shall enter an appearance which shall constitute

(1) a denial of all averments of fact in the complaint,

(2) an allegation of all affirmative defenses, and

(3) a claim for indemnification and contribution from any other party.

(d) Except for the filing of preliminary objections pursuant to Rule 1028(a)(1), (2), (5) and (6) and a complaint to join an additional defendant, there shall be no further pleading after the complaint.

(e) Leave of court to join an additional defendant later than the sixty-day period described by Rule 2253 shall not be required, but the party joined, upon preliminary objection, may request that the joinder be stricken.

(f) A motion for summary judgment filed by one defendant alleging a ground common to one or more other defendants shall be deemed filed on behalf of all such defendants

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