Case Name: The FIRST PENNSYLVANIA BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY to the Use of Metal Bank of America, Inc. v. Harold GOLDBERG and Sarah Goldberg. Appeal of Sarah GOLDBERG
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1979-09-07
Citations: 269 Pa. Super. 334
Docket Number: No. 491
Parties: The FIRST PENNSYLVANIA BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY to the Use of Metal Bank of America, Inc. v. Harold GOLDBERG and Sarah Goldberg. Appeal of Sarah GOLDBERG.
Judges: Before PRICE, SPAETH and LIPEZ, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 269
Pages: 334–335

Head Matter:
409 A.2d 916
The FIRST PENNSYLVANIA BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY to the Use of Metal Bank of America, Inc. v. Harold GOLDBERG and Sarah Goldberg. Appeal of Sarah GOLDBERG.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued March 21, 1979.
Filed Sept. 7, 1979.
Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied Nov. 7, 1979.
Norris E. Gelman, Philadelphia, for appellant.
G. David Rosenblum, Philadelphia, for appellees.
Before PRICE, SPAETH and LIPEZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
A lower court's disposition of a petition to open a default judgment will not be disturbed on appeal absent a clear abuse of discretion. St. Joe Paper Co. v. Marc Box Co., Inc., 260 Pa.Super. 515, 394 A.2d 1045 (1978). Here the lower court's refusal to grant appellant's petition to open the default judgment did not constitute an abuse of discretion, for the petition to open was not filed until almost five months after the second default judgment was entered. See Van Horn v. Alper, 253 Pa.Super. 524, 385 A.2d 462 (1978) (five and one half month delay between entry of default judgment and filing of petition to open); James v. Reese, 250 Pa.Super. 1, 378 A.2d 422 (1977) (four month delay).
Affirmed.