Pennsylvania Code
Title 231 - RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 2200 - ACTIONS FOR WRONGFUL DEATH
Rule 2203 - Procedure to remove plaintiff
Universal Citation: 231 PA Code ยง 2203
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
(a) Any person entitled by law to recover damages in an action for wrongful death may petition the court in which an action for such wrongful death is pending to remove the plaintiff and to substitute as a new plaintiff any person entitled by law to recover damages in the action or a personal representative of the decedent.
(b) After hearing, of which due notice shall be given to the plaintiff in the action and to all persons entitled by law to recover damages, the court may remove the plaintiff and order the substitution prayed for, if it deems the same advisable.
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