Court Opinion

ID: 9749448
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 16:43:55.964898+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:48.908586
License: Public Domain

DEL SOLE, Judge,
concurring.
I join the Majority but write to suggest that the Minor Court Rules Committee re-examine the need to require a complaint on appeal from a District Justice. The initial information received when the matter is filed before the District Justice should be sufficient to inform a party about the nature of the claim. Since most, if not all, appeals are next heard before a Board of Arbitrators with the right to appeal de novo before the court, I believe that all parties have more than sufficient opportunity to appraise themselves about the case. The complaint filing requirement only adds to the time and cost of the process and not to providing necessary information to litigants. It seems to me costly and wasteful and its necessity should be reexamined.