Court Opinion

ID: 9694002
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 17:18:09.567665+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:19:54.230641
License: Public Domain

CONCURRING STATEMENT BY
McEWEN, P.J.E.:
¶ 1 Since the author of the majority opinion has, in his usual fashion, provided a persuasive and perceptive expression of view, I hasten to join in the decision of the majority to remand this case for a new trial.1 However, in my view, the new trial should be conducted without limitation as to the issues or the defenses sought to be raised by the parties. Thus it is that I concur.

. Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 1007.1 provides in relevant part:
In any action in which the right to jury trial exists, that right shall be deemed waived unless a party files and serves a written demand for a jury trial not later than twenty days after service of the last permissible pleading. The demand shall be made by endorsement on a pleading or by a separate writing.
Pa.R.C.P. 1007.1(a). Since appellant here did not seek a jury trial in accordance with Rule 1007.1(a), and, in fact, appellee specifically sought and was granted a non-juiy trial, I agree with the decision of the majority that, upon remand, the trial shall be conducted non-jury.