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Home My WebLink About01-4277 COHEN, SEGLIAS, PALLAS, GREENHALL & FURMAN, P.C. By: Edward Seglias, PA ID No. 55103 By: Rene David Quinlan, PA ID No. 73134 ISIS Market Street, Eleventh Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 (215) 564-1700 (Attorneys for Defendant Barclay White) PENNSY SUPPLY, INC., IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, P A Plaintiff/Respondent, v. No. 01-4277 CIVIL TERM BARCLAY WHITE SKANSKA INC., CIVIL ACTION - LAW Defendant/Petitioner. PETITION FOR RULE TO SHOW CAUSE WHY CASE SHOULD NOT BE TERMINATED Defendant/Petitioner, Barclay White Skanska Inc. ("Barclay White"), by and through its attorneys, Cohen, Seglias, Pallas, Greenhall & Furman, P.C., files the within Petition for Rule to Show Cause Why Case Should Not Be Terminated, averring as follows: I. Plaintiff/Respondent, Pennsy Supply, Inc. ("Pelmsy"), commenced this action by filing a Complaint on or about July 13, 2001. 2. On August 9, 2001, Defendant/Petitioner Barclay White filed Preliminary Objections, and by Order of Court dated October 30, 2001, the Honorable Edward E. Guido sustained Barclay White's Preliminary Objections and permitted Pennsy to replead within twenty (20) days. 3. On or about November 6, 2001, Pennsy filed an Amended Complaint, and on December 20, 2001, Barclay White filed an Answer and New Matter. 4. On or about December 28, 2001, Pennsy filed a Reply to New Matter, which was the last pleading filed of record with the Court. Since December 28. 2001. no activitv has taken place on the docket. 5. Barclay White served its First Set of Interrogatories and First Requests for Production of Documents on August 2, 2002. On or about October 7, 2002, Pennsy served Answers to Barclay White's Interrogatories and Responses to Barclay White's Requests for Production. Pennsy has not propounded any discovery. 6. On January 10, 2005, and January 11, 2005, Rene David Quinlan, one of the undersigned attomeys for Barclay White, contacted the attorney for Pennsy, W. Scott Henning, Esquire, to seek his concurrence to either prosecute or dismiss the case. On January 11, 2005, Mr. Quinlan spoke and left a message with Mr. Henning's sc:cretary, but Mr. Henning has not returned the telephone call. 7. Pa. RC.P. 230.2, "Termination of Inactive Cases," provides, in part, that "[t]he court may initiate proceedings to terminate a case in which there has been no activity of record for two years or more by serving a notice of proposed dismissal of court case." 8. Barclay White, now known as Skanska USA Building Inc.-Mid-Atlantic Division, should not have to suffer the threat and prejudice of a case that has been inactive for approximately four and one-half (4-l/2) years, since December 28, 200l. 9. Barclay White respectfully requests that the Court initiate the termination of this inactive case pursuant to Pa. R.C-P. 230.2. WHEREFORE, DefendantlPetitioner, Barclay White Skanska Inc., respectfully requests that the Court issue a Rule to Show Cause Why Case Should Not Be Terminated in the form of Order submitted herewith. Respectfully submitted, COHEN, SEGLIAS, PALLAS, GREENHALL & FURMAN, P.C. Dated: ;Hi z? 'ZPfJS- BY:~ --. Edward Seglias Rene David Quinlan 1515 Market Strec:t, Suite 1100 Philadelphia, PA 19102 (215) 564-1700 (Attorneys for Defendant Barclay White) --- I hereby certify that, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE on the 2--1~ay of May" 2005, a true and correct copy of Defendant/Petitioner, Barclay White Skanska Inc. 's, Petition for Rule to Show Cause Why Case Should Not Be Terminated was served by U.S. First Class Mail, postage prepaid, upon the following: W. Scott Henning, Esquire Handler, Henning & Rosenberg 1300 LinglestoWll Road Harrisburg, PA 17110 (Attorneys for Plaintiff Pennsy Supply, Inc.) ~~ Rene David Quinlan o ,,' <-""7::, r:~:1 l~J 1 () -n ~.:;:! iC'll C:::l ~.) ,~ Cu PENNSY SUPPLY, INC., Plaintiff IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYL VANIA v. CIVIL ACTION - LAW BARCLAY WHITE SKANSKA, INC., Defendant NO. 01-4277 CIVIL TERM IN RE: DEFENDANT'S PETITION F'OR RULE TO SHOW CAUSE WHY CASE SHOULD NOT BE TERMINATED BEFORE OLER and GUIDO, JJ. ORDER OF COURT AND NOW, this 6th day of July, 2005, upon consideration of Defendant's Petition for Rule To Show Cause Why Case Should Not Be Term:inated, and neither party having submitted briefs on the matter, and Plaintiff's counsel, W. Scott Henning, Esq., having indicated at argument court that he will be filing a praecipe to discontinue the case, the matter is stricken from the argument court list, without pr,ejudice. BY THE COURT, plZ W. Scott Henning, Esq. 1300 Linglestown Road Harrisburg, P A 1711 0 Attorney for Plaintiff Edward Seglias, Esq. Rene David Quinlan, Esq. 1515 Market Street Suite 11 00 Philadelphia, PA 19102 Attorneys for Defendant " . ~ 1_M..,.()J l-r ('/ '-1'- . :rc ';'1i'IV^lASNN3d 'lNnnrl r;".,\.r",':::-.'il;jn'" ^ .,-" ',,' ",' .. ~ ", ......1,.. h.J II :Z rid 9- lor SOUl . i-.UV1ONOHJ.OCkl 3Hl :10 3QI:1:lO-0311:l PENNSY SUPPLY, INC., Plaintiff IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA vs. CIVIL ACTION - LAW NO. 01-4277 CIVIL BARCLA Y WHITE SKANSKA, INC., Defendant ORDER AND NOW, this /0.... day of June, 2005, upon consideration of the foregoing petition, it is hereby ordered that: 1. A rule is issued upon the Respondent, Pennsy Supply, Inc., to show cause why the Petitioner, Barclay White Skanska Inc., is not entitled to the relief requested; 2. The Respondent, Pennsy Supply, Inc., shall file an Answer to the Petition within twenty (20) days of the date of this order; 3. The petition shall be decided under Pa.R.C.P. No. 206,7; 4. Depositions regarding this rule to show cause shall be completed within days of the date ofthis order. 5. The Prothonotary is directed to list this matter for the next regular session of argument court set for July 6, 2005; and 6. Notice of the entry of this order shall be provided to all parties by the petitioner. BY THE COURT, ~/ld rr b>\ ~ t.. r- ~) G~ r,^ tf ,.)~ , " " ~.~ ~~.1 1\ . '-1 ' ,.!if\fV'/\;l/\S~ .,j !'~,:Jd , " , -. ."/''';'/'1'1''', I !~lr/y": n~,"! "+':-'> {I Iv l\.1....t\~ h,i, 81:1 ~~d 01 tmrSonl I' ".JI.....\!(',; llnpA 3Hl.:lO r\O'/_Ui '"xlJ..\'-''"'J'3-.1l_1 ::ll"l.!J .1(1-( . .:. ';".h.J!i~,i~ ' -" CURTIS R. LONG Prolhonotary Cumberland County One Courthouse Square Carlisle, PA 17013 6/-4;),77 ,~ l~UT '" . ,-, ~~r pi FU .!_ ~~; 1(_, C. 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