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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 03-501

THE COURTS

Title 231--RULES OF
CIVIL PROCEDURE

PART I. GENERAL

[231 PA. CODE CHS. 1000, 2120, 2150 AND 2170]

Amendment of Rules of Civil Procedure Governing Venue; No. 381; Civil Procedure Rules; Doc. No. 5

[33 Pa.B. 1450]

Amendatory Order

Per Curiam:

   And Now, this 5th day of March, 2003, Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure 1006, 2130, 2156 and 2179, amended by the Order of January 27, 2003, No. 381, Civil Procedural Rules Docket No. 5, shall apply to medical professional liability actions filed on or after January 1, 2002 and not to such actions filed prior to that date. The provisions of Rule of Civil Procedure 1032 governing waiver of defenses and objections shall not apply to a challenge to venue made within ninety days of the date of this Amendatory Order.

   This Amendatory Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. 103(b) and shall be effective immediately.

   Justices Castille and Saylor would apply the amendments to the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, as stated, prospectively for all actions filed on or after the effective date of Act No. 127 of 2002.

   (Editor's Note:  See adopting order at 33 Pa.B. 751 (February 8, 2003).)

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-501. Filed for public inspection March 21, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]



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