Court Opinion

ID: 9649944
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 15:15:12.131868+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:16.198765
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POPOVICH, Judge,
dissenting:
I cannot discern an abuse of discretion by the trial court in its refusal to grant an amendment almost five years after the opportunity arose and additional years from the occurrence of the incident giving rise to the litigation. The prejudice is as palpable as it is self-evident. See Comm., Dept. of Transp. v. Bethlehem Steel Corp., 486 Pa. 186, 404 A.2d 692 (1979) (motion to amend answer filed three years after original complaint properly denied); Hightower v. Beckins Van Lines Co., 267 Pa.Super. 588, 407 A.2d 397 (1979) (trial court did not abuse its discretion in striking amended answer raising defense of statute of limitations, where the affirmative defense was raised two years and five months after original answer was filed).