Court Opinion

ID: 9756909
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 22:08:08.953024+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:32.947625
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NIX, Chief Justice,
dissenting.
I remain committed to the view that the issue addressed by the majority is waived.1 This is the typical case wherein the doctrine of waiver should apply. Appellant’s counsel did not avail himself of the opportunity to present this complaint to the trial court before it" rendered its decision to grant the motion for judgment on the pleadings. The issues raised on appeal were not raised before the trial court until the filing of Appellant’s motion for reconsideration. This Court has repeatedly stated that issues not raised by objection or complaint before the trial court may not be raised in later challenges to the trial court’s ruling or on appeal. Pa.R.A.P. 302(a); see also, Dilliplaine v. Lehigh Valley Trust Co., 457 Pa. 255, 322 A.2d 114 (1974). Having failed to follow the prescribed rule, Appellant cannot be heard to complain.

. The excuse being offered here by Appellant was not raised’in the trial court at the time the motions were being considered.