Case Name: Charles F. McCREESH, Petitioner, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2004-06-02
Citations: 578 Pa. 192
Docket Number: Appeal No. 50 EAL 2004
Parties: Charles F. McCREESH, Petitioner, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 578
Pages: 192–193

Head Matter:
850 A.2d 629
Charles F. McCREESH, Petitioner, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
June 2, 2004.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 2nd day of June 2004, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED to the following issue:
Whether, in light of Lamp v. Heyman, 469 Pa. 465, 366 A.2d 882 (1976) and its progeny, a plaintiff should be permitted to have a writ of summons reissued when that writ was originally filed prior to the running of the statute of limitations but ineffectively served?